Editorial

The frenetic presidential campaigns and advertisement blitzkrieg by political parties will tomorrow culminate in an election that will launch us into the 21st year of the nation’s democracy. However, there are some unhealthy developments in […]

NIGERIANS woke up recently to see giant broom monuments being erected on the hallowed grounds of the Abuja City-gate and the Abuja Unity Fountain by yet-to-be-identified individuals. Sequel to the dust that this issue kicked […]

When will several promises made on the release of Leah Sharibu be fulfilled? Where is Leah Sharibu? Is she alive? It is unfortunate that the answers to these questions are still blowing in the wind […]

THE dangerous game of political muscle-flexing currently unfolding in Venezuela has, undoubtedly, reached a boiling point. The situation has become too devastating to ignore under the guise of Article 2 (4) of the United Nations […]

The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 2019 marked recently provided yet another opportunity to reaffirm Nigeria’s dubious reputation for misery. By retaining its ranking as host to the third highest number […]

As the nation prepares to go to the polls to elect leaders into different offices starting February 16, most citizens, have been puzzled and disappointed that the campaigns have been, so far, so barren on […]

It’s five days to the crucial presidential election, the first of a two-part balloting that begins at 8a.m. on Saturday, February 16; and Nigerians are about to test the veracity of the “predictions” of “prophets” […]

Nigeria’s 84 million voters will go to the polls next weekend to give their verdict on Muhammadu Buhari. The country is Africa’s most populous, and by some measures has the largest economy on the continent. […]

Over the past years, the country has witnessed varying degrees of weaknesses in the two variables, which have impacted negatively on the economic wellbeing of most Nigerians. The fear that these major financial and economic […]

Barely a year after exiting recession, Nigeria’s fragile oil-dependent economy could soon be sliding back willy-nilly down the abyss of uncertainty; this time inspired by an oil production cut. For a country that has elevated […]

AS the cloud gathers for the general election, all Nigerians in unlawful possession of arms and ammunition have been ordered to surrender them to the nearest police station or face the consequences for non-compliance. Proliferation […]

Jolted by a presidential directive that revenue generation needs to be enhanced in the light of the dwindling profile, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has called on the Federal Government to reduce the 35 per […]

Recurrent controversy and litigation over use of hijab in place of school uniforms has become part of needless issues in our quest for nation building. There should be elite consensus on the issue as soon […]

Approval has been given to six companies to construct, reconstruct or rehabilitate 19 federal roads spread across 11 states of the federation. It is a laudable response by the Federal Government to the decrepit state […]

POLITICS is still played at a very crude level, with the actors going to any length to get into public office. The avalanche of post-primary election court cases – about 639 for now – which […]

For the umpteenth time in our short history, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on yet another strike to press home its recurring demands on the Federal Government. Since November 5, last […]

Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perception Index, which was released recently, offers yet another fitting opportunity for a close-up shot of the performance of the Muhammadu Buhari government in the fight against graft. For a government […]

For the past two weeks, all eyes have been focused on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, a public agency saddled with the task of providing remedial therapy for Nigeria’s troubled tertiary education landscape. Shortly after […]

From party officials’ half-truths, to wild conspiracy theories, to fabricated news articles, fake news has spread far and wide. Fake news is not new to Nigeria. In the 2015 elections, for example, a 55-minute documentary […]

A suggestion that there should be a uniform examination for final year university students nationwide to address fallen standards does not deserve any further debate because it is flashy. No doubt, the need for the […]