Editorial

THE recent declaration by the Federal Ministry of Interior that from June 1, 2021, the issuance of passports to Nigerians would take six weeks, is wholly unsettling. It captures the agony of Nigerians. Repeatedly, public […]

These are features that are associated with excessive fiscal deficits which the conditions duly set in the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the annual Appropriation Act seeks to avoid. The volume of fiscal deficits being fed […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria underdevelops the economy through heterodox monetary and fiscal procedures contrary to the express mandate and intendment of its enabling law, which aims to promote national economic wellbeing. Ignore the alibi […]

The negotiated release of 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, no doubt provided a big relief to distraught Nigerians, particularly parents of the students. At the same time, and […]

Late last year, we started a serial on federalism. We were convinced that a federal state structure was imperative. We remain convinced that constitution that is federal is the only basis for a united Nigeria […]

A fresh alarm by the presidency alleging plots by persons and groups to bring down the Buhari government is, as may be expected, grave and very troubling to the masses of Nigerians who are already […]

The reported attempt to burgle the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Agboola Gambari and another Presidential Administration Officer, Abubakar Maikano is a pointer to the grave security situation in Nigeria. […]

THE call for Expressions of Interest from investors to purchase five state-owned electricity power generation companies raises both hope and trepidation. The Bureau of Public Enterprises, on behalf of the National Council on Privatisation and […]

The exclusion of Nigeria from the list of 28 countries granted some form of debt pardon by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has become worrisome to many, given the current precarious […]

SINCE the scandal over the past open support of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, for some global terrorist groups broke out about a fortnight ago, the Federal Government initially remained […]

Controversies being generated by current debates over the authenticity and veracity of past events in the country tend to confirm the place of History as a veritable subject in Nigerian schools. It is such a […]

As insecurity and criminality engulf Nigeria, the tenacity with which the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is pursuing drug traffickers is instructive, given that illicit drugs, apart from its massive damaging potential on individual […]

OSTENSIBLY worried by a combination of dwindling revenues and huge overhead costs in running the government, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), mandated the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission to review the salaries […]

The tottering Nigerian state came under scrutiny again the other day where federalism was again the main point at issue. Besides, the question of the unity of the country amid calls for secession was under […]

FOLLOWING a resurgence of COVID-19 in 22 African countries and the detection of the Indian strain by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Ede, Osun State, the Federal Government has […]

Inevitably, the feeling is mixed today for millions of Muslims in Nigeria as they join their counterparts the world over to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Fitri, marking the end of a month-long fasting mandatory of all […]

The emotional and lachrymose outburst of Senator Smart Adeyemi, among other senators, at the plenary session of the Senate on national security lately; as well as the affirmation by Senator Sani Musa (Niger East) that […]

LAST week, there was palpable tension in council areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as news filtered through that  hundreds of migrating herders from Niger Republic had made their way into the territory. […]

As complexities mount over how to manage the global COVID-19 pandemic, the stage seems set for a collision between the measures being put in place and human rights. This much can be gleaned from the […]

Observation about skewed appointments pointed out the other day by lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana unfortunately is just one of many such lopsidedness of staffing public institutions, including in the headship of […]