Editorial

We have been focusing on the national question remarkably known as ‘federalism,’ an idea whose time has indeed come. We have in previous comments on the issue raised both conceptual and empirical matters. In this […]

The reported outbreak of yellow fever in parts of Delta and Enugu states should be taken with great concern for many reasons. One is that having last been recorded many years ago in Nigeria, it […]

The objectives of the Federal Government’s National Mass Metering Programme (NMPP) are impeccable, according to the promoters of the policy. In summary, the arrangement is meant to comply with international best practice, eliminate an obnoxious […]

IN about all moral contexts, justice gets seen to be done only when an adjudicator is even-handed in the measures dealt to the contending parties. No matter the justification, it is bad optics when one […]

The declared intention by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to present a bill before the State’s House of Assembly for a repeal of the State’s Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension) Law of […]

GIVEN existential realities in the country, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) evaluation of the percentage of Nigerians requiring psychiatric evaluation, which it put at 30 per cent of the population, could be an understatement. Indeed, […]

NOTABLY, Jerry Rawlings, who died on November 12, at the age of 73, hit the limelight with a bang. Bullets brought him to power in Ghana. Within a month, he staged two military coups. The […]

Hope that the country’s economy would rejuvenate, expressed by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presentation of the 2021 budget estimates to the joint sitting of the National Assembly is unrealistic. It certainly is not backed […]

By changing its mind and renouncing its earlier decision against honouring the invitation of the Lagos State Judicial Panel investigating alleged police brutality and aftermaths of the EndSARS protest, the Nigeria Army has fulfilled the […]

The position was recently taken by the power elite and northern leaders seeking government control of the social media, and accused protesters of the EndSARS movement of subversion is not only a measure of perverting […]

The Federal Government should indeed be worried by the growing loss of public confidence in its sincerity to address genuine demands of the EndSARS protests. Though the government at federal and state levels has set […]

Nigerian security institutions, particularly the Armed Forces should take time to imbibe remarkable lessons from the rescue operation successfully carried out the other day by the United States Special Forces on an American, Philip Walton. […]

What was published as his medical report only tells a part of the story: Re: Akinyemi Solomon/Male/63 yrs/Hosp. No 362463: “This is to certify that the above-named is a known patient of the urology department […]

The report that Zamfara State has offered to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), gold bars worth N5 billion raised eyebrows on the sanctity of the provisions of the law that all minerals in the […]

Dramatically, America rescued its citizen, Philip Walton, 27, who had been kidnapped by a group of armed men in Niger and relocated to northern Nigeria. The rescue operation carried out by U.S. Navy SEAL Team […]

JOSEPH Robinette Biden Jr., 77, coasted home to victory in unanimous media projections in the United States presidential election in a historic defeat of the incumbent, Donald J. Trump, whose tumultuous first term has cemented […]

PROMINENT northern leaders, including top Federal Government officials, state governors, and political, traditional and religious leaders, gathered in Kaduna State recently to reflect on the state of the nation on the heels of the #EndSARS […]

The controversy surrounding the alleged sale of N5 billion worth of gold to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Zamfara State government is an issue of urgent national importance. While the alleged Zamfara-CBN […]

The Buhari administration appears to be pursuing a policy of state vengeance against Nigerian youths linked with the October #EndSARS protests, that drew global attention to an atrocious and repressive unit of the Nigerian police. […]

THE directive by the National Economic Council (NEC) that state governments set up judicial panel of enquiry over complaints against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been heeded by many states. The Rivers State […]