Editorial

Echoes of the perennial calls by various stakeholders for the cut in the cost of governance were heard from an unfamiliar source the other day when the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila […]

The daunting challenges hampering investment in the industrial sector have over the years led to the shutting down of many manufacturing firms. Low capacity utilisation occasioned by epileptic power supply, foreign exchange restrictions and huge […]

As events are beginning to reveal, the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo states scheduled for September 14 and October 10 respectively, may witness a repeat of our appalling national character of electoral violence […]

A group of Ibadan elders the other day requested for a Vice Chancellor of Ibadan descent for University of Ibadan (UI). Their proposition is not entirely strange, though a complete disservice to the premier university […]

Indications that youth unemployment has worsened in spite of all the much talked about efforts by the government to create jobs can be frightening. As a matter of fact, the problem has become a major […]

Catholic Bishops of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province the other day called upon their fellow citizens to defend themselves against bandits in every guise in view of “serious doubts on the willingness and capability of Nigeria’s […]

A promising 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ibadan died recently in a cruel manner in an avoidable factory accident in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The victim, Richard Gbadebo, lost his life after slipping […]

A bizarre situation in which Nigeria produces and exports a large volume of crude oil but imports almost 100 per cent of the petroleum products it consumes remains a grave cause for concern. It is […]

Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Farouk Umar’s lamentation the other day that the spate of insecurity in the country is at the moment worse than civil war time aptly captures the degenerate state of affairs […]

A report the other day revealed how Nigeria, Africa’s richest and most populous nation missed out on the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials and race to end the pandemic. This is coming at a time the […]

A recent directive by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to landlords and property agents to charge 6% stamp duty on all tenancy and lease agreements has been criticised by many as grossly insensitive and […]

THE reappointment of Prof Umar Danbatta by President Muhammadu Buhari and his confirmation by the Senate as the Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission, NCC, are obvious seals of satisfaction over his […]

In the past few days, the public space has been awash with comments and outrage on the hearings at the Federal House of Representatives concerning the Chinese loan agreements Nigeria entered into to the tune […]

Concern that the end of August break would trigger the annual September peak rainfall underscores the repeated warnings being issued to citizens to brace up for massive floods that could spell disaster. There is need […]

COMMUTING on Lagos roads is pregnant with risk. Quite apart from the obviously decrepit roads and the impenetrable gridlock, there is also the vicious intrusion from hoodlums and violent robbers, who wreak havoc on defenceless […]

IN a sustained alarming trend, Rivers State recently re-asserted that itself and cultism are like conjoined twins. Many residents that particular Monday sustained injuries in a rival cult clash in the Amadi-Ama community in the […]

If President Muhammadu Buhari’s reasons for keeping the service chiefs whom he was supposed to have replaced overdue tenure, were because they were doing well in the fight against terrorism, neither the Senate nor Nigerians […]

Belated as it seems, the recommendation of the Senate asking the Federal Government to direct the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity to review age barrier for graduate employment and create jobs for Nigerian graduates, […]

THE Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, which was established a decade ago to recover bad loans in the banking sector, recently painted a grim prospect: Nigerians could end up bearing the burden of a whopping […]

FOR years, there have been some half-hearted efforts to protect citizens who disclose corruption and malfeasance in the public sector. Now, even that feeble attempt is under threat. The anti-corruption war of the regime of […]