Editorial

WHEN the news broke of the Federal Government’s apparent resolve to proscribe the Almajiri system as part of an attempt to combat rising insecurity across the country, the elation felt across different segments of the […]

LAST week, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Muhammad Babandede, indicated that the agency was contemplating the idea of issuing multiple standard international passports to high net worth Nigerians who are […]

A report that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has cancelled the contract for the $2.6 billion Badagry deep seaport because of a wrongly done master plan is a welcome development provided that the port regulator […]

FOR failing to meet the due process requirements for accessing funds provided for rehabilitating basic schools by most state governments, the Universal Basic Education Commission has been sitting on an idle N84 billion meant for […]

Outright despicable and unsightly, the pervasive sight of street urchins, clad in rags, and roaming the streets, begging bowls in tow, has continued to foist a derisive image on Nigeria. It is a phenomenon that […]

The recent investigative report of a newspaper on the scarcity of teachers in public schools and the revelation that nearly 80 per cent of the states in the country have placed embargo on recruitment, are […]

So much indignation has greeted a comment attributed recently to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai expressing dissatisfaction with the performance of his troops in the war against insurgents. He was […]

Eager for a way out of the logjam decelerating Nigeria’s steel industry, bold voices have come out to define the next step for the government. Not that their proposal is new, but the Manufacturers Association […]

A recent report of the slump in the price of crude oil to about US $60 from almost US $70 per barrel has really become worrisome for Nigeria’s implementation of the 2019 budget, despite some […]

ho trusts Boris Johnson? Not, apparently, his team. The paradox of the race to lead the Conservative party, and therefore Britain, is that those convinced that Mr Johnson is an irresistible, unstoppable electoral force at […]

Nigeria’s rising debt stock and the over 50 per cent of its revenue used to service it annually do not bode well for our overall economic development. This has not gone unnoticed by the African […]

FAILURE is writ large on the renewed mandate by the Federal Government to clear the stubborn gridlock hindering smooth operations in the Apapa seaports in Lagos. For this reason, President Muhammadu Buhari, in May, gave […]

It is one good, heartwarming news that Nigeria’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations (UN), Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande was recently elected unopposed to preside over the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) effective […]

MORE than any other Nigerian leader, President Muhammadu Buhari has done a lot to right the wrongs of June 12, 1993. That was the day Nigerians were denied the opportunity to cement nationhood by the […]

In the light of conflicting and often confusing claims and counterclaims on how our nearly 60-year old Republic can achieve stability, make real progress and stand the test of time, we once again urge a […]

The recent depressing report by the Nigerian Security Tracker has reaffirmed Nigeria’s mounting and seemingly intractable security challenges. It is a bold attestation to the fact that whatever the government seems to be doing to […]

As the Muhammadu Buhari administration marked the newly-agreed Democracy Day, June 12, the other day, against the backdrop of expectations of truly representative democracy which Nigerians have, it can be said that the Nigerian state […]