Editorial
18 Feb 2024
On-going legal tussle over the formation of a law society to co-exist with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is first a reflection of possible unsatisfactory performance of the NBA to some of its members...
16 Feb 2024
It was a good start for the new Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who largely fulfilled his determination to clear the backlogs of about 204,332 Nigerian international passports within 21 days.
15 Feb 2024
The prevalence of out-of-school children in Nigeria has become a national embarrassment. It is unconscionable that governments at subnational level including states with huge numbers of out-of-school children would appear nonchalant about changing the narrative.
14 Feb 2024
After eight months in office, the government of President Bola Tinubu is yet to demonstrate seriousness in dealing with the critical issues of insecurity and the economy.
13 Feb 2024
More than a week ago, the diplomatic restriction occasioned by the successive coups in three West African states of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has culminated in the balkanisation of the 49-year old Economic Community of West African States ..
12 Feb 2024
Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s allegation of fifth columnists within the Nigerian security agencies is not new; it only adds additional voice to a long standing suspicion by many people within and outside Nigeria.
11 Feb 2024
The death of Olujimi Solanke on Monday, February 5, 2024 at the age of 81, is no doubt, painful to the people of Ipara Remo, Ogun State in particular, and the generality of Nigerians, who have followed his acting career over the years and admired the positive impact it has had on the nation.
9 Feb 2024
The insecurity that has held the South-east region of the country nearly comatose in the recent past may not have abated, but it is not the region’s only challenge.
8 Feb 2024
Implementation of the student loan scheme of the Federal Government should start immediately, as promised by the President Bola Tinubu administration, to prevent a situation where more indigent students are unable to further or complete their education at the tertiary schools in the country. Before last year when the loan programme was announced, millions of…
6 Feb 2024
The Federal Government is right to, as reported in the Press, suspend the accreditation of degree certificates from some foreign universities because of doubts about their legality and academic integrity.
5 Feb 2024
Preventing the kind of explosion that killed five persons, injured 77 and damaged 58 houses in Ibadan must require much more than the executive order signed into law by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde.
4 Feb 2024
The significance of the state visit, penultimate Tuesday, (precisely January 23) of the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken to Nigeria cannot be underrated against the backdrop of existing relationship between the two countries..
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