Editorial

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 […]

ACCUSTOMED to crude display of power, President Donald Trump has frozen the United States’ funding of the World Health Organisation amid the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the entire world. His grouse with the agency is that […]

This is the second time we have commented on Nigerians’ curious defiance of the lockdown order to prevent transmission of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down the whole world. It is curious that […]

AS the COVID-19-induced lockdown bites harder worldwide, countries are grappling with knotty options on the benefits and hazards of rolling back restrictions. Despite misgivings by health professionals and leaders fearful of the unknown, pressure is […]

A resignation offers the other day by Turkey’s Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, shows an individual with a strong personal character in a system that values honour and integrity. These virtues […]

It’s been six years and some days since the Chibok schoolgirls were abducted in Borno State by terrorists. Indeed, it has been six years of tireless campaigns for their freedom amid promises to bring the […]

The implementation of the Federal Government’s social investment programme (SIP) has come under serious criticisms in recent times. The programme, which was articulated in the government’s strategic implementation plan that preceded the 2016 “budget of […]

The United States still smarting from the welter of the coronavirus pandemic announced its withdrawal of funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a move that was hardly surprising but viewed as a bit […]

WITH the authorities preoccupied with curtailing the novel coronavirus pandemic, criminals have been quick to exploit the opportunity to engage in criminal activities. All over, criminal gangs and hoodlums, in a coordinated manner, are unleashing […]

These are unusual times. Social distancing is the norm and is commonsensical to avoid contracting the Coronavirus and avoid its domino effect on the population. The disease is a pandemic hitting hard even the most […]

The return of traffic in some parts of Lagos and major highways despite the lockdown order on the city as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is worrisome and unfortunate in the extreme. It […]

On Sunday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced immediate debt relief for 25 countries — 19 of them in Africa. Nigeria was not on that list because the west African giant does not owe the […]

Since late February when a certain Italian suspected to be infected with the dreaded Coronavirus arrived in Nigeria through the international airport in Lagos, concern for public health has been national with the states and […]

INCREDIBLY, today marks six years of the Chibok schoolgirls’ embarrassing abduction by Boko Haram jihadists from a territory then under a state of emergency. It is a grim milestone their families, Nigerians and humanity never […]

NIGERIA’S aspiration to turn in a bright outing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games might have received a boost from unexpected quarters. Shortly before preparations reached a climax, the Tokyo Games were postponed in March […]