The adoption of the Paris Agreement during the Committee of Parties, COP 15, in 2015 marked a significant milestone in the urgent need to adopt universal actions against climate change. The agreement aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursue the 1.5 degrees ideal limit. The COP summits which attract […]

THE Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Nkeonye Maha, recently summoned the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr Betta Edu, to appear and give full account of how her ministry spent N535.8 million for “school feeding” during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2020. The programme, carried out by then […]

The 10th National Assembly with Senator Godswill Akpabio as its Chairman has been presented with a major litmus test, with the request for approval of N15 billion for the construction of a mansion for the Vice President. This outrageous request is contained in the 2024 Federal Appropriation Bill tabled last week by President Bola Tinubu […]

The recent closure of a church and some hotels by the Lagos State Government, LASG, prompts the question: Is this a one-off gesture or a new resolve to implement the laws of the state on noise pollution? This question is germane because despite existing laws, noise levels in Lagos can be quite intolerable. Our concern […]

Cash transfers must wait until a  valid and reliable social register is established and the nation can afford a social security system that endures and reaches the real people it targets.

The unhealthy emphasis in the use of foreign-based players for every qualifying or even friendly international match must be addressed.

ONE of the sad national attributes of Nigeria is that we are a nation that moves around in circles rather than forward. We never learn from our mistakes, and so, we are condemned to repeat them over and over. Granted, reforms are regular features in any thriving democracy. A system that is well-greased by frequent […]

MORE traits by which Bola Tinubu is establishing his brand as the President of Nigeria are becoming discernible. He has shown a proactive reflex to intervene positively and timeously to douse the smouldering flames of political crises in two states within one month. The first was Rivers State, where the sudden notice of impeachment of […]

President Bola Tinubu seems to be modelling his unfolding economic agenda and strategy on those of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.  Obasanjo started a flurry of international engagements soon after he was sworn in 1999, mainly to secure debt relief or outright debt forgiveness.  He felt that as an international eminent person and fresh out of […]

AFTER the fruitful engagement between the House of Representatives and the Service Chiefs, the importance of responding positively to invitations by the lawmakers should be more obvious to those in charge of our military and security services. The Chiefs had stayed away from previous invitations, choosing instead to send their representations. The House had to […]

The difference between Africa and the others is that while the others asserted their independence to various degrees and maintained most of their original cultural and social norms, Black African countries embraced wholesale Westernism through exposure to their educational and cultural systems.

Though we admit that excesses demonstrated through the social media should be curtailed, we believe that the law already has provisions that can serve that purpose.

THE Nigerian Judiciary is bleeding profusely from the self-inflicted injuries to its image. At the moment, the body language discernible from the Judiciary is that of an arm of government that no longer bothers about its public image, especially as it pertains to verdicts on political and electoral matters. In the past year, the courts […]

Throughout his five years as President, Jonathan never used his enormous powers to oppress or dehumanise political opponents despite being “the most abused” president, as he dryly put it.

The Eastern railway network should be fully and speedily revived with standard gauge, ensuring that all the four geopolitical zones are reconnected.