Editorial - Page 89

THE allegations of sabotage of Federal Government’s rice policy by some investors deserve thorough investigations and sanctions where applicable. Attempting to get around rules and regulations at the expense of the consumers

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s surprise visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to commemorate the Armed Forces Remembrance Day the other day was very appropriate. But it was also appropriately questioned in intent,

WHEN Industry, Trade and Investment minister, Olusegun Aganga, disclosed the Goodluck Jonathan administration’s plan towards ending the country’s depressing regime of fuel importation in 2018 and highlighted its conscious efforts at making

WHEN there are threats to the major source of its revenue, any responsible government would definitely consider a head-long confrontation of such. It is a shame, therefore, that the Nigerian government has instead

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s recent declaration that his generation has failed Nigerians would ordinarily have been dismissed as an election campaign punch line against his political opponent. But when interpreted within the context

THE controversy over the alleged depletion of the nation’s foreign reserves and Excess Crude Account (ECA) offers Nigerian leaders and the citizens a lesson beyond who is right or wrong: It is

AS activities hit feverish pitch at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in preparation for the general elections of February 14 and 28, there are still many issues deserving urgent national attention,

THE announcement of savings of about N500 billion through the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) by the Federal Government would seem a commendable development but it has also confirmed the existence of entrenched loopholes

THE presidential election campaigns are in top gear but not without a blight: a corruption of the electioneering process as exemplified by political parties’ mobilization of huge funds, which sources are suspect,

AS Nigerians enter the fabled election year, the gracious transition of three eminent senior persons – Chief Festus Remilekun Ayodele Marinho, Chief Odoliyi Lolomari and Peter Enahoro – into the sagely class