Editorial

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 […]

Dare-devil gunmen penultimate Thursday ruptured the peace of Isanlu, an otherwise tranquil town in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. They robbed a first generation bank and attacked the town’s police station. By […]

UNDER pressure and embarrassed by the gale of unusual protests sweeping through Katsina State over the bloody spate of insecurity, the Nigeria Police Force has resorted to its old, barbaric and Gestapo ways. Just as […]

WORLDWIDE, public figures like musicians, politicians, movie actors and other celebrities are icons of achievement in their fields of human endeavour. As a result, the successes they have achieved tend to impress others. Indeed, many […]

NIGERIA is engulfed in a rape crisis. Our women (and in a minority of cases, men) are under siege from sex maniacs. It is a nationwide phenomenon, and the time has come for all of […]

A report the other day that resident doctors in the country had embarked on another indefinite nationwide strike should be unsettling amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic. This is certainly not the best time for doctors […]

IT has been raining heavily of late, reminding music lovers of the sad exit of The Rainmaker. He answered the call of his Maker on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the age of 57. Born […]

A recent call to the Federal Government to ban foreign herdsmen from operating in the North by Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, strikes the right chord. The House of Representatives has also urged the President, […]

The decision by the Lagos State government to suspend indefinitely the planned re-opening of schools, places of worship and entertainment centres should be simply regarded as a judicious move in the light of the rising […]

The National Assembly the other day consented to a Federal Government’s proposal to squeeze the sum of N79.7 billion of the 2020 budget of education and health sectors. Such development at this time of national […]

AFTER the latest round of savage killings by Nigeria’s homegrown terror groups, it is becoming increasingly difficult to give a clear and accurate evaluation of the ongoing terror war situation in the North-East of the […]

IN what is becoming a familiar spectacle across the country, fuel thieves, under the cover of darkness, were said to have swooped on Fagba in Ifako/Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State, where they burst […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan’s statement, the other day, attributing the inability of the Nigerian military and other security agencies to contain the escalating nation’s insecurity to international politics is defeatist and laughable. The […]