Over the past week, no fewer than nine Governors from the North were in Washington, D.C. to attend a conference organised by the United States Institute of Peace, USIP, with the theme: “Drivers of Instability and Opportunities for Stabilisation”. These were: Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Abba Yusuf of Kano, Uba Sani of Kaduna, Umar Bago […]

The calls for the promulgation of a brand-new Constitution for the Federal Republic of Nigeria are growing. Our 1999 Constitution has never been a darling of the more progressive sections of our society because it is seen essentially as a military decree imposed on Nigerians by the departing transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Some […]

Minister of Education, Mamman Tahir, while monitoring the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in Abuja, announced that 18 years would henceforth be the minimum age for the admission of students into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Most students sitting for the university enrolment examinations are between 16 and 17. He blamed parents for “pressuring” their […]

Following the Federal Executive Council, FEC’s, approval, President Bola Tinubu last week Tuesday launched the Consumer Credit Scheme in Abuja. It will be run by the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation, CREDICORP. According to a statement from the presidential media office, the scheme, which will be implemented in stages, will start with public sector workers or […]

This role played by the EFCC in the Enugu State asset recovery saga has shown the importance of having a federal body which is capable of salvaging the people’s assets from powerful rogue politicians

Malaria, a deadly disease whose vector is the insect called mosquito, continues to pose a significant threat to global health. This is why the United Nations, through the World Health Organisation, WHO, celebrates World Malaria Day every year on April 25. The international community has made the fight against malaria a universal undertaking due to […]

It is gladdening to see that the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, driven out of their ancestral homes in the past 20 years by armed herdsmen terrorists in Plateau State can now look forward to returning to their homes. Embattled Governor Caleb Mutfwang set up a committee for the implementation of the resettlement plans which will […]

ON Wednesday, April 17, 2024, a show of shame to our democracy and disgrace to Nigeria was played out on live television when the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, conflated a web of intrigues to evade arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, operatives.  The Commission had obtained an arrest […]

The idea of a Nigeria National Police Day is very welcome. We commend the President Bola Tinubu administration for setting aside April 7 every year as the National Police Day to honour our policemen and women who most of the time mortgage their lives, comfort and convenience to ensure that the rest of the population […]

In spite of the timely warnings by government agencies at state and federal levels, millions of Nigerians are still caught off-guard, with attendant losses of lives and property.

The lesson for all sitting Deputy Governors and future ones is that their survival depends one hundred per cent on loyalty to their bosses.

THE dust has yet to settle on the outrage sparked by the illegal arrest, detention and torture of a newspaper editor, Segun Olatunji, over a report published in the FirstNews online newspaper. The military only let Olatunji go after frontline media and civil society interest groups started asking questions. On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in […]

As a newspaper committed to a better life for the people, we have always strongly stood for the prioritisation and protection of domestic investments without compromising their foreign investor counterparts. A level playing field is central to harnessing a thriving economy. Our experience in the telecom sector should always guide us to put our own […]

We are dismayed that the National Assembly has not made enough effort to assert its constitutional mandate over this project as the representatives of the people.

The Chibok incident of April 14, 2014, stands as a tragic milestone that has redefined Nigeria, especially Northern Nigeria, in at least two ways. It introduced mass abductions of innocent and defenceless citizens as a way of life and destabilised the security and economic stability of the North. On that fateful day, a group of […]