Editorial

By all accounts, human trafficking is the third biggest criminal enterprise in the world. While illegal arms trade ranks second, drug trafficking comes first. Essentially, human trafficking has become a big international business with no […]

In all human history, the youth have always been nurtured as leaders of the future and hope for a better society because of the fresh perspectives they bring to the table having drunk from the […]

At last the curtain is drawn on the controversial Supreme Court rulings on two related electoral cases in the polity, namely, Imo and Bayelsa State gubernatorial election matters. The Supreme Court is the apex court […]

In its latest communiqué No. 128, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to change the cash reserve ratio (CRR) from 22.5 percent to 27.5 percent “as it will help address monetary-induced inflation whilst retaining the […]

Unrelenting in their bestiality, bandits went on the rampage in four villages in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State last week, killing 51 persons and setting scores of homes ablaze. Being far-flung areas and […]

THE clamour for urgent restructuring is nearing a crescendo: when prominent beneficiaries and erstwhile champions of the unitary contortion masquerading as a “federal republic” voice shrill warnings of implosion and disintegration, it is time for […]

Gross inadequacies in the Nigerian aviation space came to the fore the other day in a most bizarre manner that embarrassed the country. Though state actors have activated the blame game mode, the underlining negligence […]

It is a reproachful memory that a second year has passed since the abduction of 110 girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State and Leah Sharibu, the only Christian […]

The clash, the other day, between Catholic bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, and the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, over the reluctance of President Buhari to […]

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s decision to ban street begging in Kano in an effort to integrate the Almajiripupils into the free and compulsory primary and secondary school education programme of the state is laudable and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent declaration that all the kidnapped children by terrorists in the country would be freed could not have triggered any glimmer of hope. Deferred hope on this has made the hearts of […]

The impeachment trials of the United States’ President, Donald Trump, came to an end on February 5 with his acquittal by the upper house of the Congress. The Senate voted to acquit him on the […]

The annual resurgence of Lassa fever in the country should be a major source of worry. The scourge should be treated as an emergency to avoid needless morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. As such, the […]

UNIFIED academic calendar of universities in the country, which used to start in October and end in June, has been ruptured, putting the academic system out of alignment with the norm globally. Thus, university lecturers […]

THE Federal Government, in its typically cantankerous manner, has poured scorn on Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index report which indicated a slight dip in Nigeria’s rating. But, instead of becoming unnecessarily miffed, this should […]

The Transparency International (TI) unveiled its yearly Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and the verdict on Nigeria is still unfavourable despite its noisy anti-corruption agenda. The body ranked Nigeria 146th of the 180 countries assessed. In […]

THE National Universities Commission’s recent concern about the enormity of the deficit in medical personnel currently being suffered in Nigeria has once again brought to the fore the daunting challenges the country faces in the […]

It is curious and quite incredible that Asisat Lamina Oshoala’s kinsmen did not vote for her during the 2019 CAF Awards ceremony, held on January 7 in Egypt. However, other Africans voted for Oshoala and […]

This segment of our comment, which began yesterday scrutinises the quest for a jumbo loan by the Buhari administration and to raise questions that demand answers. After the Buhari administration failed to secure approval from […]

The statistics tell it all. The government is in dire financial straits. This year’s budget deficit is put at $6.03 billion and will be financed by both domestic and external loans. The government has in […]