Editorial

LAWLESSNESS appears to have become a staple in the country. Nothing underscores this more than the reckless breach of the interstate lockdown and night curfew guidelines agreed to by the federal and state governments to […]

In the last few weeks, there have been reported cases of ‘mysterious’ deaths of high calibre persons in the highly populous and commercial city of Kano. Although officially Kano has recorded and confirmed about 693 […]

RESPONDING to the controversy surrounding the alleged deployment of the Fifth Generation telecommunication network in Nigeria, the country’s upper legislative chamber and other government agencies are making frantic efforts to resolve the raging debate. Joining […]

As deducible from the CBN Act Section 2(a) above, price stability and exchange rate (monetary) stability are inseparable. It is necessary to show how to determine the stable naira exchange rate, which is consistent with […]

A recent order by the Lagos State Government asking scavengers to vacate refuse dumpsites as part of a strategy to curtail the spread of the deadly Coronavirus is timely and thoughtful. And so, those concerned […]

At a time the coronavirus plague is imposing a severe strain on the health systems of most countries, research is intensifying across the globe into finding a cure for COVID-19. In this quest, the World […]

AS is usual with major episodes in the country’s trajectory, the ongoing health and economic challenges have unerringly exposed the weaknesses of Nigerian institutions and the way the flaws frustrate development efforts. The primitive spectacle […]

It is not too surprising that the Oyo State government is in tango with the Federal Government over rice. Last week the Federal Government donated 1800 bags of rice to the Oyo State government as […]

Many businesses in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja partially reopened this week after five weeks of lockdown and stay-at-home directive in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. […]

With over 40 testings positive for COVID-19 and some died as a result of the disease, it is no longer in doubt that our medics are endangered. There are a few reported cases of the […]

AFTER five weeks of lockdown in Lagos and Ogun states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by the Federal Government as the COVID-19 pandemic spiralled, a buzz in business and corporate activities has […]

A widely reported mistreatment of Africans in China, as indicated by, among other evidence pieces, recent video releases in the social media, is most unacceptable. It must stop forthwith. The recent incident in Guangzhou that […]

Angst has replaced the initial elation that greeted an agreement with the United States to release another $308 million tranche of the Abacha loot. The transfer has become enmeshed in scandal. Amid unconvincing denials by […]

SELF-inflicted disasters are taking a hefty toll on lives and livelihoods in Nigeria. In this respect, two separate infernos recently wreaked havoc at petrol filling stations in the Ogba and Obalende neighbourhoods in Lagos. The […]

Recent explosion that rocked Abule-Ado, a suburb of Lagos, has rekindled concerns over pollution of groundwater in some communities in the state. There is mounting apprehension that the water sources of the affected communities are […]

WITH crime assuming a dangerous dimension around the country in spite of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, it is high time the South-West governors fully implemented their regional security agenda named Operation Amotekun. The Brookings Institution rightly […]

CRUDE prices are hugging rock bottom as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, threatening oil-dependent economies. Output and prices are not expected to return to pre-virus levels for years, crude oil market watchers say. For […]

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 the other day tendered an apology for its members’ indiscretion and poor handling of the burial of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who died of […]

A report disclosed the other day that some foreigners were sighted at major motor parks boarding vehicles preparatory to leaving Nigeria. Specifically, some Nigeriens were pictured in Kasuwan Barchi in Kaduna State departing for Niger […]

NIGERIA’S avowal to secure its citizens and stem the tide of the novel coronavirus pandemic by keeping its land borders shut requires re-evaluation. Officially, the Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) regime shut the borders in August […]