Editorial

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 […]

GLOBAL image of nations matters a lot; and some have exploited it to good effect. A recent report on countries’ brand value showed that it is not after all the accustomed story of gloom and […]

MINISTER of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, articulated the obvious recently when he bemoaned Nigeria’s energy paradox. He highlighted the near-hopelessness of an economy that exports raw energy but imports the processed product, and […]

IT will certainly be interesting to imagine Nigeria as a colonial power. What kinds of values are likely to be transmitted to the colonies? The results may likely astound even seasoned anthropologists. In any case, […]

•It is not only about balancing, but more about fiscal discipline It is not for nothing that the nation’s debt profile has remained a major issue of focus in recent times. On the one hand […]

There is a compelling need to enlighten farmers and retailers on how to preserve food The recent panic over beans, a popular staple food, has deepened the urgent need for the education of farmers and […]

In a democratising social formation, the need to entrench democratic principles in practice cannot be over-emphasised. It becomes more compelling in times of electoral turnover and more so for a society that is anomic, afflicted […]