Editorial

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, on Thursday, said he would sack any of his aides who insults President Muhammadu Buhari. Umahi was elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Umahi also warned that any of his appointees who insults any governor or downplays their achievements will …

Former Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria, Senator Ike Ekweremadu recently experienced a dose of the peoples’ fury against what some self-appointed ‘ambassadors’ daubed ‘bad politics’ in faraway Nuremberg, Germany. The proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) claimed responsibility for the assault and vowed to attack more Nigerian officials …

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) reaction to the Federal Government’s move to ban the importation of milk is curious and should not be allowed to go unchallenged. There appears to be more to the MACBAN’s strange response than meets the eye because the policy instrument is supposed …

A recent lamentation by the Organised Private Sector (OPS), that the Nigerian economy lost a whopping N6 trillion to the protracted gridlock in Apapa should spur the authorities to seek ways of decongesting Lagos, which is to open other ports in other geo-political zones in the country. Port Harcourt, Onne …

Since President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected for a second and last term, he has been playing host to groups generally known as traditional rulers, campaign organisations, political associates, business groups and special interest groups, lobbyists, attention seekers and political jobbers. Just about everyone with some access wants to be seen …

Despite the big-brother role Nigeria played for the abolition of apartheid in South Africa, and the support given to South African businesses in Nigeria to thrive; Nigerians are still being attacked and mindlessly killed in South Africa. It is curious that despite editorials and strong condemnation from all over the …

Against the background of the shortcomings of the recent general elections in the country, the jury is out performing a post-mortem. So far it has stumbled upon a strange, large number of political parties in the country. This may not be cheering news for the electoral management body, the Independent …

AS the nation continues to grapple with existential and grave security issues, it behooves the Federal Government and all stakeholders to re-think its security strategies and re-jig the existing security architecture to save us from a free fall into the depths of anarchy reminiscent of Libya, Somalia, and Yugoslavia in …

Notwithstanding repeated official denials and somewhat feeble attempts, over the years, to alleviate poverty in the country, the monster still persists and it is making life miserable for the citizenry. It is, therefore, not surprising that the 2019 global multidimensional poverty index, once again, ranked Nigeria among the poorest in …

Recently the INEC Chairman Professor Yakubu was reported in both print and electronic media to have said that INEC was the most improved federal institution. I had to read that twice to convince myself I was not seeing double. If according to him, INEC is the gold standard for Nigeria’s …