Editorial

Last Thursday’s appeal by Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to take over the negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), as well as with other unions in the...

The lack of consensus among various arms of government on the identities of the gunmen who carried out the deadly attack at St Francis Church, Owo, Ondo State on June 5, 2022, leaves much to be desired. While the...

The 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which started on May 25, comes to an end this week. By June 23, a total of 1,607,985 candidates from 20,221 private and public schools across the country who registered...

Sometime in April, the national electricity grid collapsed for the umpteenth time in the history of the power sector in Nigeria. This particular case was the fifth time in 2022. The Federal Government claimed that the collapse was due to...

The myriad of illegal checkpoints on the Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports roads in Lagos, have become a channel of organised impunity, official lawlessness and excesses that defy the authority of the Lagos State Government. Security personnel, who showcase...

The recent explosions at Abizi  in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State and Uzuaku in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State have once again raised concerns about the reckless manner with which we conduct our affairs as...

Democracy has been described as the government of the people by the people and for the people. What this connotes is that unlike a dictatorial or autocratic government, democracy needs the input of the people of a country practising...

The news that the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may soon be suspended is a welcome development. Last Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to the striking university lecturers to return to work in...

The deterioration of security in the South-East geopolitical zone, which comprises Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, is frightening, so much that the urgent intervention of the security forces and the Federal Government is required to restore sanity...

The International Workers Day is here, once again, today, Sunday, May 1.  Rallies will be held nationwide to commemorate the day. Just like in the past years, Nigerian workers will be praised to high heavens by government at the local,...