Editorial
1 May
Lagos is predictably, the pacesetter in urban development and physical planning in the country, with its recent moves to digitise land administration processes through an e-portal system and granting three-month moratorium
30 Apr
Given the mounting public criticism and wide-ranging controversies trailing the ongoing 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project, the Federal Government should rethink and review the project.
29 Apr
The invasion on Saturday, April 13, of the Oyo State House of Assembly premises with the apparent intention to seize legislative and other powers by the self-designated ‘Democratic Republic of the Yoruba’ is a grave breach of Nigerian law.
28 Apr
The Israeli attack on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, and the resultant retaliatory attack by Iran on Israel have no doubt raisedthe stakes in the Middle East war involving Israel and Hamas.
26 Apr
By securing the release of about 1000 Nigerians from kidnappers, and without paying ransom to their abductors, the Nigerian security authorities can afford to beat their chest on what they considered a commendable feat.
25 Apr
Rising concerns over the enormous powers of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) underscore the exigency for holistic reform of the Nigerian justice system.
24 Apr
By dangling the sum of £3,000 ($3,836), as a carrot, to asylum seekers to move to Rwanda, Britain has unwittingly adopted a model on how immigration issues should not be handled. It is improper to engage in the act of ‘choosing’ a country for refugees, who have had their applications to remain in the country rejected.
23 Apr
Notwithstanding the posit of Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi that all hands need be on deck to tackle the persistent menace of terrorism and banditry in the country, his constant flirtations with the terrorists remain curious, and his motive even suspicious.
22 Apr
Considering the wide havoc that land grabbers and speculators have visited on hapless citizens across the country, it is high time all governments, both federal and state, came together to tame what has become a monster.
19 Apr
The marginal lessening of tension in the country over the past few weeks is a clear indication that the government is secure when it meets, reasonably, its mandate to secure the people and ensure their welfare.
18 Apr
The call by federal lawmakers in the lower chamber for criminalisation of the importation of local fabrics, specifically adire and kampala deserves to be given positive consideration.
17 Apr
The recent introduction of the Expatriate Employment Levy on foreign workers in the Nigerian economy and the resultant backlash from the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) that led to its suspension elicits some public interest.
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