Editorial

At the 2019 International Petroleum Conference held in London, recently, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, was reported to have copiously highlighted major investment opportunities not only in […]

Earlier today, I was greatly honored to receive the SunHak Peace Prize. For myself and my co-laureate and my dear sister, Waris Dirie, it’s also special, since the Prize this year goes to two Africans. […]

THE Federal Government’s plan to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) by between 35 and 50 per cent to raise funds for the implementation of the new minimum wage is already generating controversy. Labour, organised private […]

Following the outcome of primary elections across the parties in late 2018, anxieties began to mount over an imminent implosion in our dear state, Imo, should either of the governorship candidates of the All Progressives […]

The increasing number of out-of-school children in the country has become so alarming that the Federal Government now plans to criminalise the conduct of parents who promote the abuse. The move appears to tick all […]

The Judges already made their decisions before we went to print, but the 7 Wonder Women Awards Winners will be revealed at tonight’s gala taking place at Federal Palace Hotel. Hosted by Investing In Women […]

Desperation to fix the unending electricity supply challenge in the country appears to have triggered adoption of some innovative and efficient strategies that can provide some glimmer of hope to what has become an open […]

Having dug itself into a fiscal hole, the Federal Government is preparing to make Nigeria’s public finances even messier. To meet its obligations in the impending new wage bill negotiated with labour unions, Budget and […]

World Book Day’ as designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) was marked lately in Nigeria, together with other nations of the world. But it is regrettable that on that day, […]

Unfortunately, the success of a robust and functional financing regime for the sustainability of the health sector and the achievement of an efficient healthcare delivery hinges on the balance that a country is able to […]

Parliamentary debates on the 2019 budget have just begun. The House of Representatives suspended its plenary last week for the lawmakers to focus on it, while the Senate gave its Appropriations Committee two weeks to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari lately hosted members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) over his re-election and spoke frankly about the severe unemployment in the country. The avowal was inevitable because government spin doctors had been […]

Reports that N110 billion losses were incurred in the first three months of 2019, arising from multiple hitches, highlight the unending chaos in Nigeria’s power sector and the imperative of transformation. A report on cumulative […]

It is within the context of the diminished health condition and official performance of the otherwise vibrant and committed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika that we must appreciate the ongoing people’s uprising in Algeria. After two decades […]

The fact that government rarely cares for human beings in this country has diminished any thought of it caring for wildlife that has no value attached to it. If anything, wildlife conservation is a stuff […]

THE struggle by the Organised Labour to secure a new National Minimum Wage, NMW, scored yet another success on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 as the Senate approved the N30,000 agreed by a tripartite committee set […]

After the recent governorship election, nine new governors-elect have so far emerged. The number might increase with inconclusive polls in six states out of the 29 where the March 9 elections took place. Since then, […]

The Nigerian military has come under criticism by international and local observers over its conduct in the 2019 general elections, especially its apparent unprofessional conduct in the gubernatorial elections. The European Union (EU), United Kingdom […]