Editorial

Concerns that the end of ‘August break’, marking a temporary cessation of rain in most parts of the country next month would trigger the annual September peak rainfall, underscores the repeated warnings being issued to […]

The controversy and public pessimism generated by the Federal Government’s policy on palliatives to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy are to be expected. For one, the government in the past has […]

Confirmation by the Nigerian Customs Service that petrol is still being smuggled out of the country to neighbouring countries is worrisome. The revelation signposts an anomaly in the deregulation of the downstream sector that has […]

Whether it is considered a genuine aspiration of a disenfranchised people or wished away as an agitation of some misguided youths or a rally of miscreants, the violent execution of the Sit-at-home order by members […]

Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) has asked the 10th National Assembly to commence the process of altering the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to allow for the establishment of state police. At its first plenary […]

In a recent move that eerily echoes past decisions, President Bola Tinubu sought approval from the National Assembly for an $800 million loan and an additional N500 billion palliative for the removal of petrol subsidy. […]

President Bola Tinubu’s most significant appointments till date have been those of the Service Chiefs. The import of this is understandable: the level of insecurity in the country is still perilous. Wanton killings and kidnapping […]

Mercifully, the controversy surrounding the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result of Miss Mmesoma Joy Ejikeme in Anambra State has been laid to rest. It is just as well that the country has been spared […]

The ban recently announced by the Federal Government on underage children from participating in the National Common Entrance Examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) for admission into unity colleges nationwide is reasonably well-intended. […]

NIGERIANS have endured a month of rising adversity as President Bola Tinubu unleashed a barrage of shock measures. The naira crashed toover N800 to $1 midweek before settling to N775/$1 by weekend. Higher electricity tariffs […]

EXECUTIVE lawlessness is on display in Kano, where Governor Abba Yusuf, fresh from his inauguration, immediately launched a spate of demolition of public and private property in the historic city. At the last count, he […]

CONCERNS over the wasteful practice of gas flaring in the country were rekindled recently by the House of Representatives, which threatened to sanction oil companies engaged in the profligate habit. Deploring the loss of about […]

As a move towards improving, or better still, changing the direction and seriousness of the government’s national security effort, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment of new service chiefs did not come too soon. This is […]

The suspension of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and his subsequent arrest and detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) may appear plausible, even predictable to many Nigerians who […]

The release, last week, of new customer due diligence regulations by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) underscored the importance of getting the regulatory space right. This is important, especially at this juncture in the […]

The necessity for improved Post Marketing Surveillance (PMS) on consumer products imported or made in the country cannot be over-emphasised, going by recent discoveries and global safety concerns expressed by relevant agencies. Following global safety […]

By designating June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria, former President Muhammadu Buhari heeded the popular demand to further immortalise the winner of the June 12 ,1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola and put a balm […]

The Eid-el-Kabir is the great festival because of the merger which the occasion usually evolves between the profane and the sacred. This is a festival which predates Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W); it is a festival instituted […]

States in the country appear to be in a race against time as they confront the economic realities of the recent removal of petrol subsidy and other cascading policies initiated so far by President Bola […]

Hurried launch of the Nigeria Air project on the last day of Muhammadu Buhari-led administration smirks of fraud, violation of court orders, and should not go unpunished. All those involved in the executive stunt and […]