After the Federal Government’s serial denials of resuming petrol subsidy payments, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, NNPCL, early last week admitted coming under “a financial strain” as it owed billions of dollars to fuel marketers. On Wednesday last week, it was all over the news that the company had hiked the pump price of […]

Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, appears dead serious about limiting the age of school leavers and tertiary institution admission seekers. Within his roughly one year in office, he has harped on this issue at least twice and announced his intention to see that the policy takes effect from next academic session. According to the […]

Many holders of Higher National Diploma, HND, certificates went to the ongoing Orientation Camps of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to register for their one-year national service only to be turned back due lack of Industrial Training, IT, certificates. Tertiary education in Nigeria as anywhere in the world consists of academic training for degree […]

Gradually, the ugly and dangerous trend is building up, and the ripple is widening. Unless urgent steps are taken and soon, we may end up with consequences that we did not bargain for. Last week, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, mobilised action against a Canada-based Nigerian lady involved in […]

If the Gobir people should succeed without being harassed by the Police and the Military, communities across the country might take up their security in a similar fashion.