Editorial

Nigeria’s Fiscal Year has since Independence in 1960, remained between January-December, and, senior citizens, may indeed, recall the annual ritual of budget speeches, by the Prime Minister or later Heads of State, on New Year’s […]

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is the strongest opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term ambition in 2019. Hence, Atiku has literarily become a nightmare […]

A report the other day that people living with disabilities have been so frustrated by official maltreatment that they had threatened to boycott the 2019 general elections is yet another pointer to lack of commitment […]

The desperation of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress to stop the growing popularity, acceptance and political momentum of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the race to become the next suitable President of Nigeria […]

Indisputably, the die is cast between the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition for the control of power particularly the central government as this tenure wraps up. However, the titanic battle will […]

The horn cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that will carry it. After bouts of politics and outright deceit, a Second Bridge across the River Niger in the Anambra /Delta axis […]

It was unmistakably eloquent that the Franchise demonstrated by the good people of Osun State in favour of His Excellency Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola as the Governor will forever remain as the best gift of the […]

A few days ago, Nigeria was thrown into mourning again following the brutal massacre of over 100 soldiers serving in the 157 Task Force Battalion at Metele village, Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State. […]

The security agencies tasked with the arduous job of containing the chaos and securing the nation must be well-provided for Following the recent brazen attacks on our troops by Boko Haram and its allied violent […]

One of the most foolish thoughts any leader can have is that of indispensability. In fact, I chuckle with sarcasm when I hear a leader attribute all the successes clocked in their career to personal […]

DUE largely to her lethargic attitude towards public health matters, Nigeria has fallen behind in the global drive to curtail malaria morbidity and mortality. Apparently, the same lackadaisical attitude that has seen the country holding […]

Muslims and Christians can flourish together, says President Muhammadu Buhari In 1844, the Revd Samuel Ajayi Crowther returned home to Yoruba land (now part of modern-day Nigeria). Twenty years earlier, he had been kidnapped and […]

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi I attended the Voice of Women Conference in Abuja recently, organised by Women’s FM Radio, the only women’s radio in Nigeria. I challenged the audience to think about the question, ‘Are you in […]

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi recently hinted that ongoing construction of Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail is expected to overshoot the $1.5billion projected cost. Although the minister expressed optimism that additional cost implication for […]

Elozino Ogege was bright and beautiful and she should not have died when she did. But she was a Nigerian, and because she was a Nigerian she had to die bright and beautiful. For as […]

He walks with a dignified poise. He is not a loud and talkative Prince. But he seems divined to achieve his life’s dreams rather effortlessly. He represented Aniocha Oshimili Federal constituency from 1999 to 2003. […]

As the current industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues to impact negatively on national productivity, there is not a more appropriate time for the Federal Government to have confessed to […]

THE country’s most senior generals stumbled into an avoidable political storm recently by appearing at the public launch of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid. Reactions to media photographs of the military service chiefs were […]