WE share the joy, relief and optimism of the government, people and residents of Lagos State over the imminence of a second airport for the city. A metropolis of more than 20 million people and a bustling centre of commerce like Lagos definitely needs more than one airport. The approval for this project was issued […]

NO credible excuse or explanation can be spruced up to justify the international embarrassment that the military authorities exposed Nigeria to in the burning of a pirate ship caught in the act of illegally lifting oil in the Niger Delta. The 87-metre long ship, which was arrested by the private security outfit of ex-militant leader, […]

MANY elected officeholders hardly grasp the import of the oath of office and allegiance they take when being sworn in. They fail to understand that it is an undertaking to obey, defend and implement the Constitution and the laws that derive from it, and not merely to use it to feather their selfish interests and […]

EXACTLY two years ago, a tragic event that has set the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos aside as a historic monument of sorts took place. A crowd of unarmed youths singing the national anthem was shot at by troops in a bid to quell protests which had lasted for nearly two weeks. The youths called […]

ON March 11, 2022, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, released a report, alerting that 19.4 million Nigerians would experience acute hunger between June and August 2022. The report, produced in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, F-MARD, noted that over 14 million people (including 385,000 refugees), were already […]

FOR the second time in as many months, the Conference of United Political Parties, CUPP, has raised the alarm over alleged plots to scuttle free, fair and credible elections in 2023. Ikenga Ugochinyere, a lawyer and the CUPP Spokesman, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday October 13, 2022. The Conference had […]

FLOODING is a natural occurrence. In civilised parts of the world, one of the jobs of government is to evolve systems of taming routine and predictable flooding to keep the people safe. When routine flooding keeps occurring year after year, it means that government is not living up to its duty. That is the situation […]

MORE sensitisation is needed to alert the public, especially those at the grassroots level, over the infiltration of our markets by killer Made-in-India cough syrups which have already wreaked havoc in the Gambia. On October 5, 2022, the World Health Organisation, WHO, raised the alarm over four contaminated drugs linked with acute kidney injuries and […]

ONCE again, Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has been enmeshed in alleged dehumanisation of citizens who offended him or the law, rather than use civilised administrative and legal means to address such infringements. On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, the governor reportedly directed his military orderlies to flog late-coming civil servants, a viral video of […]

FLOODING is a worldwide, natural phenomenon which occurs mainly in countries prone to natural disasters such as hurricanes, typhoons, flash floods and others. These include south eastern United States, Japan and most countries in South East Asia. Nigeria is fortunate enough not to have any real natural disasters. The only real disaster we have is […]

DURING the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, regimes that lasted from 1999 to 2015, the bestowal of National Honours was an annual ritual which was largely criticised due to the unclear criteria used in the selection of the honourees. President Muhammadu Buhari was widely commended for suspending the rituals because, in truth, there is very little […]

ONE of the landmarks for which the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s government will be remembered is delivery of the Lagos State Government, LASG-owned railway transportation service. It will make Lagos the first state in Nigeria to establish a state railways network. That accolade should have gone to the regime of Babatunde Raji Fashola, who undertook an […]

SEVERAL state governments have indicated their intentions to arm their vigilante outfits with sophisticated weapons to protect their innocent, unarmed, law- abiding residents. The states include Zamfara, Katsina, Benue and Ondo states. These are among the most terrorised states in the country. Some other state governments, interest groups and true federalism advocates have only verbally […]

THE need for a stiff legal framework to tackle election offenders was widely canvassed during the sittings of the Justice Mohammed Uwais Panel set up by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to address evils dogging our electoral processes. It has taken all of 14 years for our federal lawmakers to positively respond to the need […]

As we mark the 62nd anniversary of our Independence, the only thing really worth celebrating is the fact that, at least for now, there is still a country called Nigeria. She is weak, worn and near coma, but still alive. The disease assailing her is curable. That gives us the reason to hope. As our […]