Editorial

SILENCE is often golden. However, this is not true for the Senate. Otherwise, it would have refrained from responding to Pastor Tunde Bakare’s State of the Nation address last April or did it better. The […]

IT has become obvious that the National Youth Service Corps has outlived its usefulness. In the recent past, many Nigerians had called for the total reform of the programme. Recently, the Federal Government set up […]

The banning by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of recently released song “Tell Your Papa” by the rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, from being broadcast on radio and television stations across the country has rightly attracted wide […]

The authorities may do well to enforce the law The recent conviction of the husband of popular Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has further drawn attention to concerns over domestic violence in the country. Peter […]

LIKE a recurring decimal, anytime the NNPC helmsman is removed, other firings follow. So, it was within the regular sequence of events that usually follow the sacking of the CEO when some top managers of […]

The reported attacks on workers of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) by military personnel, particularly soldiers and Air Force officers, over issues relating to power supply to their barracks do not portray the armed forces in […]

The windows of transparency and accountability in governance were further widened by a recent Supreme Court judgment, which subjected the three tiers of government to the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. All the […]

Reminiscent of the COVID-19 era when Nigeria’s economy was badly destabilised by the pandemic and global restrictions on trade and movement, the imposition of tariffs by the United States on goods exported by Nigeria to […]

BEHIND the high walls of Nigeria’s prison system, thousands of forlorn souls endure a grim existence. Recent revelations about the Nigerian Correctional Service expose a system so plagued by neglect, mismanagement, and corruption that every […]

THE recent attacks on members of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria by soldiers during the group’s annual procession to mark the International Quds Day in Abuja call to mind the crowd management deficit of […]

THE condemnation of Nigeria’s import ban on some 25 goods by the United States comes at a time when the biggest economy in the world is also pursuing protectionist policies that it is condemning. American […]

THE current happenings in Rivers State are thought-provoking. From the appearance of things, it seems that the sole administrator of the state, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has a script known only to him and those who appointed […]

The 2025 World Health Day was celebrated on Monday to mark the beginning of a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. Titled, ‘Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,’ the campaign urges government and other stakeholders in […]

Already battered by high levels of socio-economic stress, Nigeria’s ever rising debt portfolio is causing increasing anxiety. Unfortunately, authorities in Abuja and the 36 states have continued to sneer at genuine concerns as the loans […]

Emotions were astir, and rightly so, from a broad spectrum of Nigerians following the lynching of 16 youths in Uromi, Edo State, penultimate week. It was a most barbaric and horrific act, which once more […]

It is very unfortunate that the need for posthumous recognition of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the Chief Electoral Umpire of the acclaimed June 12, 1993 general elections, has been reduced to a tribal or sectional mess. […]

Another major ground of opposition to the declaration is that President Tinubu has no power under the constitution to suspend the governor or the House of Assembly. This view has also been strongly expressed by […]

The penchant for unrestrained establishment of universities in the country, despite the decrepit state of existing ones, as a result of gross underfunding, is highly counterproductive. The past two administrations took this act to ridiculous […]

Life expectancy is a critical measure of development. It refers to the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live. It is crucial to assessing the health of a population and in […]

NIGERIA’S business community is under relentless siege. In an already suffocating economic environment marked by rising costs, multiple taxation, policy inconsistency, and dwindling investor confidence, the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria has chosen to impose […]