Politics apart, there is no other earthly reason for the continued stay of Alhaji Mohammed Bello Matawalle, President Bola Tinubu’s Minister of State for Defence, in office. Matawalle is the immediate past Governor of Zamfara, one of the poorest states in the federation. The minister shot into political prominence by sheer fluke. He was the governorship candidate […]

IN spite of the existence of numerous quality assurance federal agencies, Nigerian agricultural products continue to be rejected abroad, thus making nonsense of efforts to diversify our foreign currency earning capabilities. In May this year, one of the agencies responsible for promoting quality assurance for our agricultural exports, the National Agency for Food and Drugs […]

Nigeria had many plausible reasons for copying the presidential system of government that we practise from the United States of America. The framers of the 1979 constitution, which was essentially upgraded in 1999, saw the need to establish a stabler political system other than the British parliamentary system that is far more fluid. The second reason was […]

WE call on Nigerians, especially those directly involved in the sordid affair of the bombing of civilians to kindly allow an independent and professional investigation of the circumstances surrounding the incident. The Federal Government should team up with the Kaduna State Government to ensure that the truth around the tragedy is unlocked and appropriate measures […]

IT is a sad irony that at a time that President Bola Tinubu is traversing the world to shop for new investors for the economy, the divestment of otherwise well-rooted multinational manufacturing companies from Nigeria has suddenly developed into a torrent. Frightening recent media reports had it that no less than five such multinationals have […]