Editorial

A recent report about the killing with reckless abandon of police personnel while in the line of duty is a frightening development. One media tally put the figure at 101 with Rivers, Bayelsa, Edo, Kaduna […]

FOR the second time in three years, Nigeria is on the cusp of securing a clean break from its association with an infamous trio of poliovirus transmitting countries that includes Afghanistan and Pakistan. Until India […]

Realising that the West African region is now caught in the labyrinth of terrorism and other forms of criminality, which have hindered the well-being of the citizens and the economy, leaders of the Economic Community […]

Since then, world leaders have responded frenetically to the development with rhetoric, vacillating between condemnation and approval. Russia said the attack was a “murder and reckless step.” A Kremlin statement said President Vladimir Putin had […]

For most Nigerians and the Organised Private Sector, their prospects in 2020, once trumpeted as the threshold year for the country’s economic accession, appear gloomy indeed. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry captured the […]

The World Bank’s latest Economic Update on the Nigerian economy, which indicated that the poverty rate in Nigeria could even worsen beyond what it currently is, except a new trajectory of development is followed should […]

NIGERIA’s notoriously inefficient electricity industry has degenerated into a constant source of fatalities. To substantiate this, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has just given an insight into the niggling safety millstone blighting the industry, stating […]

As the relevant agencies set about cobbling a new revenue sharing formula, Nigeria has a fresh opportunity to infuse modern scientific acumen into its public financial management. While the state governors are rightly pressing for […]

Activities of Islamist terror groups in recent months have shown that the Nigerian authorities still have a lot on their plate as they seek to end 10 years of bloody insurgency that has spawned so […]

A recent report that Bank Verification Number (BVN) introduced into the Nigerian banking industry in 2014 to serve as a unique identifier of bank customers in the country under a centralised identity system has been […]

When will there be real testimonies concerning protracted stories of railway development project in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria? When will even state governments be serious with even light rail development to enhance mass transit […]

It is incredible to note that this newspaper’s 2018 ‘‘Person of the Year,’’ Leah Sharibu aptly described on January 1, 2019 as “A goddess of resistance” is still in captivity. This is the eighth editorial […]

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has understandably come under fire for taking the wedding of his daughter to a foreign country, Mauritius instead of holding the event here in Nigeria. Specifically, critics in the […]

Despite new claims of a significant reduction in national Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevalence rate in Nigeria, it is quite mortifying that the country still tops the mother-to-child transmission rate in the world. […]

Is establishment of a national disability commission necessary an end or a means to an end as far as commitment to the welfare and security of the physically challenged people in Nigeria? Answer to this […]

Incredibly, Nigeria spends a whopping $500 million to import palm oil annually to meet local demand. This is a big irony, as a full harvest of the country’s potential in this resource will reverse this […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, plunged himself into an unnecessary controversy when he canvassed amending the 1999 Constitution to extend Islamic Sharia law and “accommodate some of the concerns of Muslims.” He wants […]

After a flurry of barking without biting, the Federal Inland Revenue Service has issued a fresh threat to tax defaulters to pay up or face dire consequences. With the aim of beefing up government’s worsening […]

Again, it’s Christmas Day. Christians all over the world today celebrate the significant event of the Incarnation, the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Saviour whose spectacular life of virtue, revolutionary […]

A recent warning issued to African countries by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on incipient debt crisis should not be dismissed by African leaders who would like to be perpetually dependent on the West and […]