Editorial

AS schools resume this September from the long vacation, parents in Imo, Benue, Anambra, and Ondo states have reason to feel relieved. This benefit comes with the new ban on the use of non-transferable textbooks. […]

A new report reveals that 48 members of the House of Representatives and five senators in the 10th National Assembly did not contribute during plenary sessions over 12 months, trivialising representative democracy. This is unacceptable. […]

THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has just declared that the salaries of Nigeria’s political office holders are due for review. According to the commission, President Bola Tinubu’s current monthly salary of N1.5 million […]

I hope we can get round to conducting DNA tests on Amina’s children to seal any doubt about their paternity. If DNA says yes, then shame on AI and the arrogance of empirical science! But, […]

NIGERIA’S image has continued to generate concern, leading to negative consequences for its citizens abroad, including harassment, molestation, and even killings in various parts of the world. The July 29 protests in parts of Ghana, […]

Several centuries later, the aforementioned Thucydidean quote from The Melian Dialogue is a hawkish exposition of the warring vicissitudes of insatiability, power, and annexation or forcible land acquisition, that remains relevant in contemporary times. Adam […]

The Federal Government took decisive steps last week to quench the fire of controversies rocking the aviation sector. Just as the tide of public opinion was turning in favour of Miss Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom […]

Residents of Lekki, an upscale neighbourhood in Lagos State, are alarmed by a startling revelation from Mahmood Adegbite, Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State. He stated that those drilling […]

In a few days, the administration of Oluwatosin Ajayi in the Directorate of State Security Services, DSS, will clock one year. The Director General was appointed on Monday, August 26, 2024. He took over from […]

On Wednesday July 9, 2025, the Federal Government revisited an area in which successive regimes have failed – malnutrition. At the Nutrition and Food Summit held in Abuja, a presidential aide on public health, Uju […]

From last week, continues the narrative of General Yakubu Gowon’s many achievements before his overthrow on July 30, 1975. Of particular reference is the establishment of many companies with significant Federal Government shareholdings. Unfortunately only […]

IN a single weekend marked by savagery, terrorists killed 38 persons who had been kidnapped months earlier in Zamfara and brutally murdered a promising entrepreneur in Anambra. These atrocities underscore the brazen audacity of non-state […]

It is no secret that Lagos and Nigeria in general are grappling with a plastic pollution crisis. Drainage channels choked with plastic bags and Styrofoam packs are a common sight, blocking waterways, contaminating soil and […]

THE recent intervention by the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission to reduce tariffs for consumers has spotlighted systemic challenges and presented a compelling case for fundamental reform across the country’s power sector. Therefore, the distortions […]

CIVIC enthusiasm has waned across many parts of Lagos, while apathy has surged, especially as the state’s local government election approaches on July 12. With 7,060,195 registered voters and 6,214,970 PVCs collected, the stage appears […]

TODAY, as the global community observes the 2025 World Population Day, themed “Empowering Young People to Create the Families They Want in a Fair and Hopeful World”, the spotlight turns to Nigerian youths and the […]

All stakeholders should do more to contain the disease Even when it is 100 per cent preventable, Diphtheria has become another public health emergency in Nigeria. Yet, until about 15 years ago, this serious and […]

I rarely write about Nigeria anymore. Not because I have stopped caring—far from it but because it has become emotionally exhausting to grieve the same loss over and over again. Nigeria is a country that […]

The Bola Tinubu administration has, through several policy measures, demonstrated commendable interest in extending credit facilities to the youth and needy to promote financial inclusion. The first was the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, which […]

NIGERIA stands at the threshold of a new fiscal era, as the four landmark tax reform bills signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signal a major recalibration of the country’s financial architecture. […]