Editorial

The claim and counterclaims between the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and a number of other interested parties on the number of casualties in the controversial attack on Kajuru village in Kaduna South […]

Despite the wobbly nature of her economy, there are no serious indications yet that Nigeria is ready to break away from the clasp of the cyclical rise and fall in crude oil prices. This view […]

It reads like a bizarre tale, which started when a group of Nigerians, reportedly travelling from France, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on the evening of February 16. The next morning, travelling […]

The meltdown last week in Kajuru, Kaduna State, is a crying shame on our dear country. We demand that those in positions of authority should stop the spiral down to narcissism; and save the community […]

FOURS before polling booths opened last Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the rescheduling of the 2019 elections to new dates. The presidential and National Assembly polls are probably taking place right now […]

In the preparation for the visit of President Buhari to Lagos the other day, the trailers and tankers that had turned the heart of Lagos metropolis into a parking lot and reduced vehicular movement for […]

Tension is mounting in the global arena with the sabre-rattling by the United States President, Donald Trump, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over alleged violation of a nuclear arms proliferation protocol between their countries, […]

WHILE receiving the acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu, during a courtesy visit to his office recently, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Babatunde Fowler, said the service, in […]

The authorities should stop wasting police officers trained at great expense It has become fairly routine in the Nigeria Police Force to retire senior officers immediately an acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) is appointed. Mostly […]

Reactions ranging from hand-wringing to fatalistic acceptance have trailed the downward review by International Monetary Fund (IMF) of Nigeria’s 2019 growth rate from 2.3 per cent (which the IMF itself had soothsaid in October 2018) […]

THE atmosphere of great disappointment occasioned by the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections from February 16 to Saturday, February 23, 2019 has understandably put major political actors and the electorate on edge. […]

IT is said that those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat its lessons. Nigeria has, once again, proved it is incapable of learning from its past mistakes. Repetition of past vices […]

It is indeed curious that not many politicians and aspiring leaders have been talking about how Africa’s most populous nation (Nigeria) can lead Africa too as an entrepreneurial nation even in a general election year […]

The cost, unimaginably grave, may be difficult to calculate immediately and the consequences may yet be in the realm of conjecture. It is, however, safe to say that the postponement, barely six hours to voting, […]

EVIDENCE that the Nigerian society is fighting a tough battle against a rising tide of sexual abuse and domestic violence continues to mount across the country. Definitively, this is the case in Lagos, which has […]

NIGERIA faces momentous elections on Saturday in which the registered 84 million voters are set to elect a president for another four years. Simultaneously, there will be voting for 109 Senate and 360 House of […]

DECIDEDLY, the judiciary is in the vortex of confusion provoked by the unconstitutional suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, from office by President Muhammadu Buhari. After weeks of legal brinkmanship, the Code […]

Nigerians, especially, those living in Lagos and some other southern states may have been jolted by the unusual heavy downpours that marked the first month of the year; a month that is normally characterised by […]

NIGERIA faces momentous elections on Saturday in which the registered 84 million voters are set to elect a president for another four years. Simultaneously, there will be voting for 109 Senate and 360 House of […]