Editorial

The issue of national minimum wage has always been difficult to deal with. Available evidence indicates that left-leaning political parties, aka Progressives, are usually pro-labour while right-leaning parties, aka Conservatives, are pro-business. As to be […]

Top-flight football referees in Nigeria are contending with a critical crisis. Two major incidents that concern them have threatened the 2018/19 Nigeria Professional Football League season, which got underway on January 13. On the opening […]

Dear Your Excellency, I have chosen to write this letter to Your Excellency for the enviable role that your country plays as champion of Democracy and the Rule of Law. I am also writing you […]

I sometime stop in amazement when I remember how much I supported Buhari’s presidency bid since 2007. After three unsuccessful shots at the presidency, General Muhammadu Buhari finally assumed Nigeria’s top office in 2015; riding […]

This pattern of partiality or injustice is indefensible. In short, President Muhammadu Buhari has wittingly declared war against Nigeria, by attempting to rubbish the concept of justice… Accordingly, this pattern must be resisted by all […]

THE passage by the House of Representatives last week of a bill criminalising “Estimated Billing” is a landmark legislative intervention in the country’s troubled power sector. The envisaged law is expected to deliver longsuffering Nigerian […]

It is erroneous to hinge the implementability of the 2019 Budget (indeed and federal budget) on the level of the price and output of crude oil relative to the set benchmarks. The (naira) expenditure estimates […]

Unsurprisingly, the Central Bank of Nigeria has reactivated the plan to make more Nigerians gain access to financial services. Currently, millions are excluded from the formal financial services on offer by the deposit money banks, […]

Consideration of the N27,000 minimum wage bill has already gained traction in the National Assembly as it passed the Second Reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday, a day after it was received. It […]

The newly appointed acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu comes to his job with sufficient local experience and international exposure to make all the difference in running a thoroughly professional and ethical policing […]

The suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Muhammadu Buhari has predictably generated furore within and outside the country, a situation that is less desirable a few weeks to […]

A few days ago, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a brashness sign-posting a curious arrogance of power in a democracy, gave an unprecedented turn to the melodramatic trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice […]

A glimmer of hope for the war-torn Congo DRC following last Sunday’s constitutional court verdict affirming the victory of Mr. Felix Tshisekedi in the December 30 polls as the country now has a new president […]

The death of Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari at the sunset of last year marked the drawing down on the curtain of a generation of leaders in this nation. His place in the nation’s history is […]

An equity market report which showed that Nigerian stocks are at present regarded as the cheapest in Africa, in relation to other major economies on the continent such as South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and Ghana […]

JUST like its predecessors, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has become entangled in the Excess Crude Account controversies. Contentiously, the savings account plunged dramatically at the tail end of 2018 to less than $1 billion, according […]

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities remained undaunted after its last meeting with the Federal Government on its ongoing strike that is now in its ninth week. Until the government releases one tranche of the […]

It is a tragedy that despite advancement in science and technology in this age, available evidence suggests that globally, children are being denied needed care as world leaders have reportedly failed to protect vulnerable children, […]

LESS than five weeks to this year’s general election, the news emanating from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) regarding uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) is less than cheery. Mr. Adedeji Soyebi, an INEC National […]

IN a recent international rating, the Henley and Partners Passport Ranking of 2019, Nigeria was placed at the 91st position, trailing behind Ghana at the 77th position, Rwanda at the 84th and Chad at the […]