There is a cliché often repeated by all and sundry in Nigeria, in spite of the fact that it has little or no bearing with reality. This says: “Police is your friend.” I have a […]
I must issue this caveat emptor that opinion(s) expressed on this platform is(are) mine and does(don’t) reflect my employer’s. People’s hope was pitch high; and expectations exaggerated that President Muhammadu Buhari would come and offer […]
The misuse and abuse of, and overindulgence in drugs have become a common occurrence in all age groups but more prevalent in adolescents and adults. Some become addicted to certain drugs unconsciously and some consciously. […]
On Sunday, March 18 this year, the Israeli police arrested three senior officials of Israel Shipyard Limited on charges of bribing government officials in Nigeria. The company’s Vice President for Marketing, Oded Breier, was one […]
Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, a Niger Delta rights group, has described the Muhammadu Buhari government as “a puppet in the hands of oil multinationals”. The group said this in a statement condemning the non-implementation of […]
Theophilus Abbah, managing editor of Daily Trust newspaper, is one of Nigeria’s most regarded investigative journalists renowned for giving voices to the voiceless and helping the oppressed, the cheated, and the abused get justice. But […]
In the second part of this report detailing how Otodo-Gbame evictees are living in pain in crowded Lagos slums, PREMIUM TIMES’ Oladeinde Olawoyin, who visited the communities, reports that many children have been evicted from school as […]
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says the struggle against corruption will not be won until some of the country’s leaders pass through the doors of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Soyinka said this on […]
For stopping the sponsorship of religious pilgrimages, the Lagos State Government saved N4.5 billion in the past three years. The money is being deployed to road construction and the provision of other social amenities for […]
When will the National Procurement Council be inaugurated? When will the President allow the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to share some powers with the legal Council on Public Procurement generally known as ‘contracts award’ at […]
Just recently, former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa, said he was not desperate to be president of Nigeria. But, to be sure, he is an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples […]
The recent directive by the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole banning the sale of Codeine – containing cough syrups without prescription across the country is, no doubt, a sad reflection of the alarming state […]
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, (suicide) losing, cheating, and mediocrity are easy. Stay away from ease. -Scott Alexander One major way to measure the degree of development in any society is […]
Recently, the Speaker of the House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara, caused a buzz when he was shown visiting his expansive farm showcasing diverse crops including animal husbandry. The import of that media blitz of the […]
Following the recent trend all over the world to curb environmental and health hazards arising from pollution caused by vehicles’ hydrocarbon emission, the Federal Government, under a joint effort by the federal ministries of Environment, […]
Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industrial Limited, one of the companies implicated in the illegal manufacture and distribution of codeine-containing syrup, has promised to play a role in the rehabilitation of drug abuse victims. The company made the […]
The APC is populated with thinkers and undeniable intellectual heavyweights but with a blurred vision; they can’t see beyond their nose because of self-interest and reckless assumptions. There has been a torrent of commentaries on […]
If Ethiopia succeeds, It can set an example for Nigeria, a potential powerhouse, and a slew of other countries on the continent: How to escape from a spiral of poor governance and poverty through clever […]
In pursuit of its expansionist agenda, it is engaged in huge defence spending; between 2013 and 2017, it spent an average $23.4 billion annually and its projected defence spending now is $35 billion. Unless it […]
Corruption is a terrible cancer that has caused severe damage to our collective development but fighting it has become a smokescreen for people with no ideas, no vision, nothing to sell Nigerians, except the familiar […]
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