My heart was really burdened this past week by the news from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) that Ghana has overtaken Nigeria as the world’s largest exporter of yams. Nigeria has a larger […]
A former London Bureau chief of Newswatch, Kayode Soyinka, who was present when Dele Giwa, the co-founder of the magazine was bombed to death in 1986, has reacted to recent claims by a retired police […]
Perhaps, the reason why we are yet to defeat Boko Haram is that we, as a nation, have not approached the war on terror as a nation at war. When a nation goes to war, […]
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 […]
By virtue of their office, governors do not move anyhow. Their schedule is planned in detail and everything is done according to protocol. Without the protocol say so, a governor would not move out of […]
The view is popularly held that he who has never failed has never really succeeded because, properly used, that which people look upon as failure could provide a major springboard to bigger successes. Again, failure […]
Dishonesty and greed by the political class were identified as threats to nationhood in Awo’s 1947 ‘Path to Nigeria Freedom’ rejected by some ‘ethnic groups, their political parties and political leaders’ who believed whatever they […]
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), […]
Many political watchers believe that even if the President would not be able to do much in other areas of governance like tackling the economy, he would at least be able to plug holes and […]
MODERN education in Nigeria dates back to 1842 when Christian missionary activity birthed in Nigeria. Among the students and alumni of the Lagos Baptist Academy and CMS Grammar School, there is healthy rivalry to […]
THE absence of the judges involved in the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki and former Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye, stalled proceedings in their cases yesterday. Justices Gabriel […]
Founder and President of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) Dr. Frederick Fasehun has sent a congratulatory message to the Giesi Ruling House and the people of Ile-Ife on theappointment of Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi as […]
The Lagos State Executive Council, yesterday began a four-day retreat to discuss government’s policy direction in order to serve the citizenry better. The retreat, the first to be held under Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration, will […]
The Nation Editorial Board’s Chairman, Sam Omatseye, has sued The Sun Publishing Limited and Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited at the Ikeja High Court in Lagos for alleged defamation. He is demanding N2 billion damages. […]
THE House of Representatives has decried the state and status of the nation’s airports. The lawmakers regretted that there was little to show for the huge investment made into the aviation sector by the Federal […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday reviewed his administration’s economic policies, warning that they may be hurtful “in the short run”. In the long run, things will be better, the President said in New Delhi, India, where […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New Delhi reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to curbing corruption, plugging all loopholes in public sector accounting and deploying available resources for the good of all Nigerians. In a statement, […]
ABUJA—THE House of Representatives is set to probe Nigeria Communications Commission,NCC, and the nation’s telecommunications providers over non-compliance with the directive to deactivate unregistered Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, cards on their networks. The House would […]
ABUJA—THE Senate, yesterday, queried the N63.5 billion approved for the construction of the second Runway for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, saying it was an attempt to ‘steal and rape’ Nigerians of the country’s […]
ABUJA – Vice President, Yemi Osinabjo has stated that there would be no designation as “coordinating minister of the economy”, in President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration. It will be recalled that coordinating Minister of the economy […]
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