*Says prices of essential goods, food items beyond Nigerians By Victor Ahiuma-Young Organised Labour has pleaded with the Federal Government to devise a special arrangement to ensure that foreign exchange, forex, is made available to genuine manufacturers only, to enable them increase local production and stimulate the economy. Addressing guests and members of its National […]

TRUCK owners under the aegis of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, and Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, yesterday, protested the continued extortion by the Police and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, just as they called for a reduction on money collection checkpoints before the port.

By Ladipo Adamolekun Since October 2020, the Guardian, one of our leading national newspapers, has been publishing a Serial on “Federalism is the answer, after all.” This review essay covers the first 42 parts of the Serial, that is, up to mid-August 2021.  After an overview of the key messages in the Serial, I conclude […]

A police officer and four oil workers were reportedly killed in an ambush by suspected gunmen in Assa community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, while an unspecified number of persons sustained gunshot injuries.

TWO persons were feared dead, while several others were injured in a fuel tanker accident at the International Building Materials Market, Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State Sunday night.

The Federal Government’s fiscal operations in 2022 is set for contraction, despite higher oil earnings and earnings from increased exchange rate.

By Providence Adeyinka The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has canvassed application of unconventional models in addressing Nigeria’s economic challenges. Speaking at the ICAN 2021 Mid-Year Economic Discourse with the theme: “X-Raying The Nigerian Economy: Problem And Prospects”, ICAN President, Mrs Comfort Olu Eyitayo, listed the challenges requiring such model. READ ALSO:Court remands […]

Despite the suspension of the Monday sit-at-home  announced by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, business activities were yesterday grounded across major cities in southeast geo-politicial zone.

 By Cynthia Alo The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have issued 2021 Merger Review (Amended) Regulations, to govern the notification and review of mergers under Part XII of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA). In a statement yesterday the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Mr. Babatunde Irukera, explains that the […]

Former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday. Mantu represented Plateau Central in his days at the red chambers. Vanguard News Nigeria

By Tayo Ogunbiyi THE recently concluded local government election in Lagos State has once again brought to the fore the issue of voters’ apathy in the country. According to reports, voters turn out during the last Lagos Council poll wasn’t in any way encouraging.  For instance, reports had it that not up to 18 per […]

…Lalong meets head of security agencies as hoodlums kill 7 in Jos …Angry youths barricade Katsina highways, protest killing of 2 by bandits …IGP deploys surveillance helicopter over Plateau killings …13 more suspects arrested lNLC says Nigerians living in dangerous times By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Kingsley Omonobi, Bashir Bello & Marie-Therese Nanlong Gunmen suspected to be […]

THE situation in our country is likened to the cock that perches on the rope. The Yorubas say that neither the bird nor the rope will know peace.

READING through the newspapers and social media in the past two weeks, I found myself thinking how nothing much seems to have changed in the conduct of the affairs of the political class and no lessons learnt from past occurrences.

Former Head of State, President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said he was involved in the fiercest battle in Enugu during the civil war of 1967 before the city was captured.