Editorial

The Lagos State Government is set to host President Muhammadu Buhari this week. A two-day trip scheduled for Monday, January 23 and Tuesday, January 24, 2023 would see Buhari make his first official visit to Lagos State since his...

The reassurance by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), last week, that it was fully ready and well-prepared for the 2023 General Elections is a welcome development. The reassurance came after the initial fears raised on the possibility of...

It sounds ironic but actually a disturbing piece of news that in the midst of COVID-19 resurgence in China forcing many countries to impose travel restrictions on travellers from that country that Nigeria would say travel restrictions have no...

It sounds ironic but actually a disturbing piece of news that in the midst of COVID-19 resurgence in China forcing many countries to impose travel restrictions on travellers from that country that Nigeria would say travel restrictions have no...

The killing, last Sunday, of a young and promising Lagos lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by yet another trigger-happy policeman right in broad daylight is not only sad but condemnable. The Christmas Day shooting of the upcoming realtor, who had bright...

Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Paulen Tallen, is in the eye of the storm as the Plateau-born minister might have ran herself into trouble with her recent reckless outburst. Apparently taking her role and position as...

Recent reports revealed that some federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) continue to indulge in backdoor recruitment despite claimed embargo on employment and warnings. More disturbing is the perpetration of this act amid severe fiscal challenges and when Nigeria...

It may sound trite to ask if officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) listen to statements they make on the current fuel scarcity across the country. Since the ongoing fuel scarcity started two weeks ago, officials of...

The resolution of the recent spat between the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, and her Finance, Budget and National Planning counterpart, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, over alleged N206 billion budget padding, through 'coded'...

It is common for Nigerians to bemoan the depreciation of the Naira as the handiwork of contrary characters bent on doing damage to the economy for their selfish interest. To the average Nigerian, the notoriously weak currency loses its...