Editorial

NIGERIA’S economic nerve centre is under siege, as teeming communities in Agege, Oshodi, Somolu, Sogunle, Surulere, Jibowu, and Ikorodu have become havens for gang-related crime. It is a toxic mix of cultism, gangsterism, and thuggery […]

NIGERIA’S government consistently fails in many fundamental aspects of national life. One of the most glaring examples is the mismanagement of emergencies on major highways. The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway starkly revealed this neglect on Wednesday, when […]

PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s partial withdrawal of donor support for global health services marks a critical moment worldwide. As the US is the largest donor to this cause, this funding shortfall has raised fears in many […]

BY July 1, 2025, the Lagos State Government will commence the enforcement of the ban on single-use plastics. The ban is in line with a global trend where many governments are placing restrictions on the […]

In apparent bid to perform its statutory function of sanitising the drug markets, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, shut major pharmaceutical and cosmetics markets in Idumota, Lagos; Ariaria, Aba; […]

Nigerian Muslims today, Friday June 6, 2025, join the rest of the Muslim Ummah to celebrate yet another Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim festival which falls on the 10th day of Dhul Hijjah, the last […]

Almost a year ago on July 11, 2024, the Supreme Court bowed to the wishes of the Executive when its ruling foisted the implementation of Local Government “autonomy” throughout the country. Among others, it ruled […]

THERE can be little progress in Nigeria until the country becomes serious about fighting corruption. The fact that one government official could acquire a 753-unit housing estate in Abuja without raising any alarms speaks volumes […]

As stakeholders across many countries mark the 2025 Children’s Day, it is most fitting that Nigeria has adopted the theme, ‘Enhancing the Total Wellbeing of Children Through Quality Education and Skill Development’. But critical stakeholders […]

Authorities must intensify surveillance and security operations to stem the menace The recent rescue of four Nigerian stowaways on the Atlantic Ocean after being thrown overboard by the crew of a foreign vessel raises several […]

This year’s University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was one of a kind. It shoved its handler, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), into a maelstrom with the mass poor scores of candidates and technical […]

We are torn between condemning the Joint Admissions and Ma­triculation Board (JAMB) for the failure of nearly 380,000 candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Lagos, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi […]

The call of late by the Lagos State House of Assembly on the state attorney general to enforce tenancy laws is a notable response to an escalating high rent problem in the state; but it […]

Nigeria’s broken healthcare system is worsening. There is no better evidence than the zero response to Kwara State government’s advertisement for the recruitment of doctors. Its hospitals are operating with just 99 doctors. The tallies […]

The reported loss of about N1.7 trillion in Nigerians’ life savings, pensions and borrowed funds is phenomenon and troubling. Against the chances of such losses being replicated over the years across the country, it is […]

SILENCE is often golden. However, this is not true for the Senate. Otherwise, it would have refrained from responding to Pastor Tunde Bakare’s State of the Nation address last April or did it better. The […]

IT has become obvious that the National Youth Service Corps has outlived its usefulness. In the recent past, many Nigerians had called for the total reform of the programme. Recently, the Federal Government set up […]

The banning by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of recently released song “Tell Your Papa” by the rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, from being broadcast on radio and television stations across the country has rightly attracted wide […]

The authorities may do well to enforce the law The recent conviction of the husband of popular Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has further drawn attention to concerns over domestic violence in the country. Peter […]

LIKE a recurring decimal, anytime the NNPC helmsman is removed, other firings follow. So, it was within the regular sequence of events that usually follow the sacking of the CEO when some top managers of […]