Editorial

THE extant coranavirus (Covid-19) global pandemic has exposed the underbelly of the country, and especially that of the elite that control its politics and the economy. And the revelation is damning: it shows emptiness and virtual absence…

QUITE expectedly, the crash in the prices of crude oil in the global market occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic is impacting negatively on the Nigerian economy. It is therefore no surprise that the 2020 budget had to be drastically…

ON March 11, a bill proposed by Senator Bima Enagi (Niger South) which sought to ban the importation and use of generating sets by Nigerians passed first reading during the plenary session of the Senate.  The Generator Set Prohibition Bill…

TEN days after the oil pipeline explosion that shattered the Abule Ado community in Lagos, the country is still nonplussed. While victims who suffered severe burns are groaning in pains, relations of the more than 20 persons killed during…

IN  the same way that the challenge of durable physical infrastructure in Nigeria tends to be reduced to the issue of power supply, that of power supply itself tends to be boiled down to poor funding. Inject adequate cash into the power…

THE recent nasty experience of a Nigerian, Mr. Harry Odiakose, during an encounter with men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) provides yet another indication that much more needs to be done to sanitise the force than is currently being…

NOT many things can be more troubling than the story of four young men in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, who have been missing for over two months now after being unlawfully arrested by personnel of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the…

REINFORCING the concerns raised by local and international observers on the 2019 general election in the country, the United States government, last week, released a report indicating that officers and men of the Nigerian military and the…

AMID the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the globe, the Federal Government, on Monday, indicated that it had no plans to impose travel restrictions on visitors from countries most affected by the pandemic. Instead,…

BEFORE his fatal slump after colliding with a fellow footballer during a match recently, Chieme Martins played for Nasarawa United Football Club in the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL). During the encounter with Katsina United…