Issues/Policy

Lately, the Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship issued a press statement to fault the assailment of the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi […]

The economy of Lagos, Nigeria’s most populated state, is estimated to lose N1,922 daily on every person who moves between Ikeja and Ikorodu daily. This is according to a survey carried out by SBM Intelligence. […]

A lotto turf war between Chief Kessington Adebutu, popularly known as Baba Ijebu and Senator Buruji Kashamu has snowballed into a probe of Adebutu’s Premier Lotto company by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According […]

Travel back in time as close as 1980s, history will reveal that the girl-child has been a subject of debate. It is tempting to think that this ugly act is behind us in the 21st […]

The Nigeria Christian Graduate fellowship is worried that the Supreme Court of Nigeria is enmeshed in controversies emanating from her controversial decisions in recent times. If there is any institution that should be immune to […]

A more-than-facile understanding of Nigeria’s geo-social paradigm will be helpful in the unravelling of this touchy subject matter. In many ways, Nigeria resembles an assemblage of limbs rather than a coherent body-politic. Her over 200 […]

We have argued in the second part of our comment why it is a bad piece of news to take another jumbo loan to grow our economy and meet other national challenges. In this final […]

On January 1, President Muhammadu Buhari broke the new year revelry, with an appeal to all Nigerians. In an uncharacteristic manner, he chose to buy up the front pages of most Nigerian newspapers. His administration […]

The lack of passport booklets at the nations’ immigration offices has reached a crisis point and something needs to be done urgently, without further delay, to redress the ugly situation. It pains that Nigerians have […]

Sixty years after the annus mirabilis in which 17 African countries gained their independence in 1960, the three main challenges facing the continent in 2020 will be development, debt, and dictatorships. Autocratic rule will continue […]

The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, recently addressed journalists, including PREMIUM TIMES Business Editor, Bassey Udo, on the activities of his office in 2019, particularly the reforms to curb corruption in the system. […]

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) said it is putting together a national biosecurity response strategy to organisms that can cause harm to humans and the environment. Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr. Rufus […]

Prophecy as defined by Thomas Aquinas is; the certain foretelling of a future event by a person supernaturally informed of it and supernaturally moved to announce it. This, he added, comes in two ways; prophesy […]

If there’s anything successive Lagos governments are reputed for, it is that penchant of always searching for ways to ameliorate whatever problems are confronting the Lagos residents. Indeed in the entire landscape called Nigeria, it […]

Where is our shame? Where is our collective responsibility? Allah Ya Isa! Last month, social media has been awash with multiple scenes, most from Northern Nigeria, of mile-long queues of hungry young children—Almajirai or Almajiri […]

Ken Saro-Wiwa in one of his favorite Poems wrote: Keep out of prison, Don’t get arrested anymore But while the land is ravaged And our pure air poisoned When streams choke with pollution Silence would […]

Years back when I was transferred from Edo State to Ibadan as the Oyo State Correspondent of the Punch newspaper, the gut reaction of my ‘concerned’ colleagues was that I had been taken to Golgotha, […]

No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come. Nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come. No army can stop an idea whose time has come. Nothing is as […]