Editorial

The unfortunate death of seven officers of the Nigerian Air Force in the ill-fated crash of military aircraft NAF Beechcraft King Air B350i is a tragic end to the service of young military officers on […]

Public apprehension over rising global oil prices coupled with the Federal Government’s reported plan to increase petrol freight and by extension petrol price is the result of absence of a clear official policy on deregulation […]

ACTING on a recommendation by the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has departed from the tradition of appointing police officers to steer the affairs of the Economic and Financial […]

IT is heartening that efforts are ongoing to develop a vaccine for Lassa fever. An American biotechnology company, INOVIO, which is spearheading the research, noted that the first participant in Lassa vaccine trial had been […]

The incongruities of the Nigerian state were on the front burner for scrutiny at a recent conversation organised by Radio Now 95.3. And the central message, after the hue and cry, is no other than […]

The decision by Nigerian shareholders to sue the Federal Government over the latter’s plan to borrow from unclaimed dividends from public companies is one of the contentions that government will have to face, if it […]

It is hardly surprising that Nigeria has taken the unenviable top spot in the ranking of countries with the highest rate of abandoned and unserviceable aircraft among 10 countries polled for the exercise. A Swiss-based […]

The flurry of congratulations pouring into Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) effective March 1, 2021, clearly confirms the saying that “success has many relatives” and […]

They died on active duty to fatherland. The seven-man crew, that perished aboard the Beechcraft KingAir B350i belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), were on an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission to Niger […]

IT has long been public knowledge that most occupants of political offices in Nigeria send their children to schools abroad due to the virtual collapse of quality education in Nigeria. A non-resident scholar of the […]

Unmistakably, there is an existential threat to Nigeria at this time. Alas, the government at the centre is not at all responding with the clearheaded strategy and the sense of urgency required. But under the […]

VOTERS’ rising disinterest in Nigeria’s electoral system was raised afresh by the Independent National Electoral Commission recently with the disclosure that voter turnout hovered between 30 and 35 per cent in the last two electoral […]

NIGERIA —sloppy, self-styled Africa’s giant— is currently sitting on a powder keg with the increasing number of its impoverished citizens helplessly pushing the poverty index to an alarming tempo. A new World Bank report paints […]

Proposal by the Federal Government to replace Bank Verification Number (BVN) with National Identification Number (NIN) is not only premature in the circumstances that the country is facing, but it has also engendered confusion in […]

The passage of the nation’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) appears to have been jinxed for over 20 years now, going by the range of disputes hovering over the proposed law. Yet, its concept, objectives and […]

Glowing tributes that have trailed the passing of the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, were fitting and ultimately deserving. In his illustrious career as a statesman, journalist, publisher, businessman, farmer, […]

The clamour to right the anomaly in the Nigeria’s state system seems not to rankle the governing elite yet. They continue to procrastinate on the urgency of restructuring. Two recent state actions underscore the point […]

If anyone seeks a compelling indication of a failure of governance in this polity, it is the recent personal intervention of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi in pursuit of peace between bandits and herdsmen in the Tubali […]

The desire of the Federal Government to support the financing of the 2021 budget through sale of public assets is a questionable policy with potential of endangering the stability of the economy. It is not […]