Issues/Policy

WERE it to be a human being, it would have protested violently the terrible fate that has become its lot. It is clearly not by its own design. No. It is all part of the […]

THIS must be one of the strangest things coming from the APC government of Muhammadu Buhari. The government has just shocked the civilised world with its plan to try the former National Security Adviser (NSA), […]

WARRI—THE Itsekiri ethnic nationality of Warri, Delta State, has dissociated itself from the calls for creation of a Biafra Republic out of Nigeria as being drummed by some Igbo interest groups in the South-East. The […]

ABUJA—Disturbed by the recurring and perennial traffic gridlock along the Oshodi-Apapa Express-way, Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, commence the reactivation of rail lines at Apapa ports for evacuation […]

Non-remittance of cash alleged Where is the N1trillion forfeited cash with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)? Has the cash been remitted into government coffers? Was it diverted?

Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state and senate minority leader, has lamented the moral decadence in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Speaking on Tuesday during the screening of Isaac Adewole, the ministerial nominee from Osun […]

ABUJA — Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, lost his bid to use the Supreme Court to oust the judgment of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that sacked him from office last […]

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone, Shehu Sani, on Monday, said that the proposed increase of tariff by electricity distribution companies w​ould be rejected by Nigerians. The Senator made the remark when he donated […]

Ray Ekpu, co-founder of Newswatch magazine, has dismissed the allegation of Chris Omeben, a retired police officer, who accused him of hiding the prime suspect in the murder of late Dele Giwa. Omeben accused Kayode Soyinka, […]

NIGERIANS have been thrown into confusion over whose authority supersedes on the issue of electricity tariff increase. No sooner than President Muhammadu Buhari, assured Nigerians that there will be no hike until supply improved significantly, […]

The Financial Reporting Council, FRC, yesterday, suspended Chairman of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, Mr. Atedo Peterside, and three directors of the company from signing any financial statement, over allegations of improper disclosures in the financial statements of […]

In the late 1980s and early 90s, one Frank Olize, now late, of NTA Newsline on Sunday set out in search of the common man in Nigeria. The search took him to several towns across […]

There is a popular misconception about the minimum number of ministers that President Muhammadu Buhari must appoint into the Executive Council of the Federation, to work with him as Ministers of the Federal Republic of […]

India’s Minister of External Affairs Ms Sushma Swaraj has demanded permanent seats for India and Africa in the United Nation Security Council. She called for more development partnership between Africa and India, which made the […]

Exactly one week ago when I was leaving Nigeria for Switzerland to attend an international conference on “news media development and sustainability in Africa”, I had imagined that my absence from the country for this period […]

ABUJA – DIRECTOR-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali, rtd, has explained that he decided to lift the ban on importation of rice through land borders due largely to the great increase in […]