Issues/Policy

It is common knowledge that Nigerian diplomatic missions abroad, like most of the country’s other public services, have been poorly run. And for years. The sadder aspect of this problem is that we have needlessly […]

Over the years, there has been dispute over who should carry the Diplomatic Passport. At a time it was causing friction between the Executive and the Legislature. Currently there are 41 categories of persons eligible […]

Parradang quizzed about N650m fees Ex-Minister Moro may face panel For about eight hours yesterday, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives quizzed a former Comptroller-General  of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Mr. David Parradang. He […]

President Muhammadu Buhari should not worry about building more prisons to accommodate the growing tribe of notorious plunderers of the nation’s treasury as it is being canvassed in certain quarters. I have read in one […]

As a metaphor for the journey of life, the road is both interesting and intriguing. Two notable writers were fascinated enough to focus on the road: Nigerian Nobelist Wole Soyinka created a 1965 drama titled […]

Most Nigerians have come to accept that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) must perform Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) on our refineries, but what we do not know is that the cost of these TAM […]

Aggrieved officers, who retired recently from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Sunday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to probe alleged mismanagement of over €20 million (N7.5 billion) European Union funds released to the NIS under […]

At least seven people were killed when a school building collapsed on Sunday in Jos, Plateau State. A witness said Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School in Bukuru, Jos South local Government Area, said to […]

In his controversial analyses of African affairs, former president Olusegun Obasanjo often puts on scholarly airs on account of his experience in government. He had supervised an activist foreign policy during his rule as Nigerian […]

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy – Matthew 5, verse 7 “ Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. This is one of the eight so-called “beatitudes” of Christ’s “Sermon […]

Recently, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) embarked on a march they described as a ‘national protest against corruption in the country’. The march which was evidently hypocritical, in our […]

Saudi authorities said yesterday that Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage will go ahead despite a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the tragedy. Hundreds […]

Nigeria is in the high season of worship. What passes for democracy in the old country is what has come to be dubbed “Buhari Worship”. The toadying submission put at the feet of President Muhammadu […]

This is the time of the year when budget, federal and states, is prepared with seeming dedication to duty. Unfortunately, if only ten percent sincerity of such dedication really existed, Nigeria would have been better […]

Last week, the immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina graced global acclaim when he was sworn-in as the 8th president of the African Development Bank (AFDB) at an event held […]

The Deputy Public Affairs Officer of the United States Consulate, Lagos, Frank Sellin, has reiterated the commitment of the US government to work with Nigeria to combat terrorism and assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) rebuild […]

FORMER Militants in the Niger Delta under the Third Phase Group has called on the Federal Government to aggressively pursue development of the Niger Delta to forestall another crisis in the region. The former militants, […]

I’m cock-sure John F. Kennedy and former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon were not concerned about winning a political battle or outsmarting one another in Sept. 26, 1960 when the duo participated in the first televised […]

December 7, 1941 was a day that will live forever in infamy. That was the verdict that President Franklin D. Roosevelt pronounced on the day that the Japanese decided to launch a surprise attack on […]