Coming at a time when human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria reported that 19 journalists have been arrested and illegally detained by securities authorities this year, an alleged plot by security operatives to arrest […]
A nation-wide military operation code-named Operation Positive Identification (OPI) said to have commenced at the weekend despite vehement objection from the public and members of the National Assembly should be seen for what it is: […]
AN information technology design that acts as ramparts against escalating payroll fraud, and has produced amazing results since its introduction, is vehemently being opposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. ASUU’s reasoning is self-serving, […]
The prompt containment of a recent presence of monkey pox disease in a part of Lagos saved a situation that could have gone viral but for rapid response. Though the incident was minimal, many people […]
In the tumultuous and chequered history of the Nigerian nation, the name of General Yakubu ‘Jack’ Gowon, head of state and commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, from August 1 1966 to July 29, 1975, […]
On Saturday October 19, General Yakubu Jack Gowon celebrated his 85th birthday. In the not so distant past, that event would have been marked with something akin to a public holiday. The Brigade of Guards […]
The Federal Government’s recent closure of its land borders with some neighbouring countries in the West Coast deserves some deconstruction – for the purpose of understanding its import at this time. The exercise came without […]
The 36 state governors intend to demand that “their states’ shares and those of the local governments from the Federation account” revenue accruals be distributed in the selfsame currency collected. That intention is borne out […]
Federal Government’s move to re-introduce tollgates 16 years after they were demolished by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has received widespread negative responses because virtually all the road networks across the country are dilapidated and are […]
THE clamour by concerned Nigerians for action on the high cost of governance appears to have finally caught the interest of the Senate, which has started working on relevant laws to reshape the country’s overly […]
WHAT kind of President is Muhammadu Buhari? In moments of national crisis, he abandons his duty post in preference for foreign trips of dubious value. Showing scant interest in domestic affairs, the President has embarked […]
In Nigeria’s unstable socio-economic environment, there is always a high possibility of well-intentioned programmes sailing into turbulent waters. In substantiation, fears are escalating that the Contributory Pension Scheme assets might come under threat from the […]
TWO separate trending recruitment scandals illustrate vividly how pervasive corruption and manipulation have corroded the public service. While the Senate is embroiled in a storm over the sharing of illegal employment allotment slots in federal […]
LAST week, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said that in spite of recent efforts by the Federal Government through the N-power programme that recruited about half a million Nigerians, those searching […]
It is quite significant to remind the authorities in Abuja today that the nation is still waiting for freedom for Citizen Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl and Christian who is still being held in […]
The hallowed chambers of the Nigerian Senate were rocked the other day by what reporters daubed ‘‘recruitment scandal’’ when some senators allegedly shared 100 jobs that had been allocated to the legislators by some federal […]
The size of remittances from Nigerians in the diaspora has come lately into sharp focus with renewed interest in their potential impact on the economy. Amid a controversy over the actual size of the inflows, […]
WHAT kind of President is Muhammadu Buhari? In moments of national crisis, he abandons his duty post in preference for foreign trips of dubious value. Showing scant interest in domestic affairs, the President has embarked […]
For his visionary and transformational leadership, which has been the main driver in his attainment of “peace and international cooperation, and in particular, his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea,” the […]
FINANCIAL encumbrances have compelled Italy to downsize its parliament. The initiative by Five Star – the main party in the coalition government – will see the country saving a whopping €1 billion or £897 million […]
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