Editorial

AS the COVID-19 pandemic swirls ferociously, a decision to reopen schools closed in the wake of the outbreak has become a hard nut to crack. The predicament is worsened by the daily spike in the […]

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan’s recent declaration that Boko Haram has stopped being a religious sect and has become a merchandised big industry is instructive and unfortunate. That declaration underscores why the conflict is unending as […]

Most Nigerians may not be aware of government’s exports of electricity to some West African countries. As a matter of fact, many can swear that the government will not engage in such an export given […]

WITH the passing of Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe, Nigeria has certainly lost one of its illustrious sons in academia, medical practice, and public service. Akinkugbe was born into one of Nigeria’s most prestigious families—the Akinkugbe […]

SIR: Schools are shuttered currently. Children, youths, and adults are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Every other facets of life are slowly recovering from the option of lockdown taken by many states to […]

SIR: The Northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Taraba and others have come under terrorists’ attacks in the last 10 years notably from the notorious Boko Haram and its splinter group, Islamic States West Africa […]

Hip-hop artiste Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, had no compunction going on social media to style himself an outlaw – as though that were a badge of honour. But he is also restlessly […]

The aphorism, ‘Give honour to whom honour is due’ found affirmation at the Air Force Secondary School (AFSS), NAF Base, Sasha, Lagos, when the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) named a newly built 500-capacity assembly hall […]

WHEN for the first time in decades it published the audited accounts of its subsidiaries recently, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation attracted a renewed scrutiny of its often-opaque operating template and reignited calls for radical […]

Naira Marley, real name Azeez Fashola, the popular Afro beat-cum hip-hop artiste has lately run foul of the law again. Mr. Marley may be a successful artiste with a large fan base of young people […]

THE idea of healthcare workers embarking on an indefinite strike action at a period of national emergency is a ludicrous nightmare that only a few could envisage. Yet, until it was called off on Monday, […]

ADVOCATES of justice and rule of law were united in their strident condemnation of the exclusion of 10 soldiers and a police officer from criminal charges in the case involving an alleged notorious kidnap kingpin, […]

The fight to a finish between the self-styled godfather in Edo politics, Adams Oshiomhole, and his estranged godson, Governor Godwin Obaseki, reached a crescendo the other day with both losing out from the All Progressives […]

Although, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not officially approved the use of Chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19; the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) ordered the manufacture of the […]

THE Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, squelched hopes of early respite for the thousands of commuters plying the tortuous Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when he recently pronounced early 2022 as completion date for its ongoing […]

Many unsuccessful fathers are today ruling the world, and only one deduction can come from that: it’s no wonder the world is in this sorry state My salute is to all fathers today, whom we […]

Presidential spokesmen Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu have acquire a reputation for combativeness in the discharge of their duties as the president’s image-makers. In the past few weeks, they have been in the eye of […]

The now notorious and perennial in-fighting among staff and between the president’s family reached an all-time low the other day when aides of First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari, reportedly fired shots at a presidential assistant […]

The roofs of the Lagos (left) and Warri Stadiums in state of disrepair NOT many keen sports followers would be surprised about the acute level of decay most of the government-owned stadia in the country […]

Worried about the incessant ocean surge along the coastal Ayetoro in Ilaje Local Government of Ondo State, the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) Unit has commenced work to stop the menace. This is […]