Editorial

Nigeria must secure its agro-export future

Nigeria must secure its agro-export future

Nigeria cannot afford to sleepwalk into the European Union’s new deforestation regime. The warning that the country could put more than $1bn, or about N1.4tn, in annual agro-export earnings at risk should be treated as an economic emergency requiring urgent response. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) takes effect on December 30, 2026, for large […]
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Achieving economic stability amidst incessant fuel price hikes

Achieving economic stability amidst incessant fuel price hikes

While Nigerians struggle to come to terms with the far reaching economic implications of fuel subsidy removal policy of the Tinubu administration, incessant hikes in PMS prices continue to throw the spanner in the works against stability in attendant costs of goods and services.   Citing a 15 per cent rise in global crude oil prices, […]

Tightening the noose on the necks of terrorists

Tightening the noose on the necks of terrorists

Recent news updates from Defence Headquarters show that the end of days of terror of North-West bandits might be in sight. The vow of the Nigerian Armed Forces to capture Bello Turji, the daredevil bandit warlord in the North West axis, could be realised sooner than later, judging by the military’s bulletins about its exploits. […]

Second coming of Trump and lessons for Nigeria 

Second coming of Trump and lessons for Nigeria 

The much-publicised American presidential election of Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with its earth-shattering outcome came to a fitting climax on Monday, January 20, 2025 with the inauguration of the irrepressible Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States of America. Trump, the man many in America and several parts of the world love to […]

Military welfare as priority of Armed Forces Remembrance Day

Military welfare as priority of Armed Forces Remembrance Day

Traditionally, over the years, January 15 is commemorated in Nigeria as the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. It is a day set aside to celebrate members of the Armed Forces still serving, as well as to remember the nation’s fallen heroes. Originally observed on November 11 to coincide with the Commonwealth’s Remembrance Day marking the end […]

Antimicrobial Resistance: A growing public health concern

Antimicrobial Resistance: A growing public health concern

Antimicrobial resistance, AMR, is a growing concern in Nigeria, posing a risk of increased morbidity and mortality, threatening the control of emerging and increasing range of infections that result from microorganisms.   It arises from the overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents. It occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites […]