Editorial
9 Feb
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
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
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
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
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..
2 Feb
The N2.267 Budget of Lagos State Government signed into law for this year 2024 is certainly hefty, at least when compared with the budgets of virtually all other states in the country.
1 Feb
At long last, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery Project, Africa’s much-talked-about biggest oil refinery, has recently begun operations with the production of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and Jet A1 or aviation fuel...
31 Jan
There should be massive recruitment of Nigerians into the police force and the establishment of more police stations that should be adequately equipped not just to match the strength of the criminal gangs but to be able to subdue them.
30 Jan
The fact that terrorists, kidnappers and other criminals now constantly have a field day killing innocent citizens and holding many others captive for as long as it takes for their demands to be met is a dangerous and depressing signal for Nigeria.
29 Jan
The granting of tax waivers to selected businesses in certain sectors of the economy has come under some close scrutiny by many Nigerians. There have been questions as to whether these waivers are in the overall interest of the economy.
28 Jan
The global recognition by Forbes of Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the World’s leading women is a manifestation of Nigeria as home to some of the world’s best in terms of human resources.
26 Jan
There are currently many other pending cases including that of seven young men who were arrested by the police and charged with conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms at the Magistrate Court Yaba. Narrating their ordeal, the young men said they were picked up from various places on Victoria
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