Editorial

NFF: Need for a new beginning

NFF: Need for a new beginning

Nigeria’s absence from the 2026 World Cup is not fate. It is the bill finally arriving for years of reckless housekeeping at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), and those responsible must be made to pay for it. Our football history shows that Nigeria rarely loses to better teams. It loses to itself. Rabat, en route […]
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Reviewing NYSC service terms

Reviewing NYSC service terms

The pathetic case of intending corps members from Akwa Ibom who were kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State brings back the debate as to whether the scheme as it is has outlived its usefulness.

Reining-in boat mishaps in Nigeria

Reining-in boat mishaps in Nigeria

But in a country like Nigeria, which is mottled with large swathes of ungoverned spaces in its 10,000-kilometre waterways, avoidable river accidents are the sad experiences citizens are forced to put up with.

Confronting the herdsmen crisis

Confronting the herdsmen crisis

The most sinister part of this crisis is that, up until today, the Federal Government has even refused to officially situate the armed herdsmen militias and their sponsors as the terrorists that the world has classified them as.

Repositioning AU, ECOWAS for relevance

Repositioning AU, ECOWAS for relevance

The only interest that Tinubu and his fellow West African leaders have in the Niger imbroglio is the fear that their own hold on power could be endangered. Apart from that, Nigeria’s national interest was never threatened by the change of government.