Editorial

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 […]

As Lassa fever scourge continues to rear its ugly head in the country, it is important to follow the exemplary attitude of Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State who was once afflicted but has turned […]

The passage of a bill seeking to criminalise the irritant estimated billing in the House of Representatives is a step in the right direction.The Senate should not delay passage of and concurrence on the same […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, from office. The president, who said he was acting on an ex parte order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal […]

The problem of Almajiri in Nigeria, particularly in the North, represents clear and present danger. The danger, however, is not regional biased. It poses a grave danger to all the national facets. Almajiri, which has […]

Football in the domestic league was fun in the 80s and 90s because of the traditional teams in the elite cadre of the league at the time. The stadium is always full when some of […]

The prevalent of kidnapping and ritual killings in Ondo and Ekiti states has not only brought anxiety to residents of the two neighbouring states, but also heightened their nightmare lately. For Ondo and Ekiti, the […]

The 2019 presidential debate by the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) which held without the two leading presidential candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]

Except the unabashed pretenders to the throne of equity and transparency, Nigerians need not be shocked by the murkiness and ravenous appetite with which the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has been identified. If […]

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 […]