The continued escalation of tensions and the possible full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has put not just Europe but the entire world on edge. For more than a month, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, had steadily been piling troops and armaments at his country’s border with Ukraine, conducting military drills and striking postures […]

THE new red flag raised in the House of Representatives over the scourge of narcotic drugs, especially among the youth of the country, is a call for the intensification of efforts to tackle the drug menace in our society. The story of drug abuse in Nigeria started with marijuana or weeds. But from the 1980s […]

Treating suicide attempts as crimes under our laws is illogical. It no longer makes sense and should be discarded forthwith. This is what a private member’s Bill sponsored by Francis Waive (Ughelli North/South/Udu) in the House of Representatives seeks to achieve. We call on the National Assembly to give this Bill accelerated hearing and pass […]

REVERBERATIONS of shock, anger, disbelief and anguish rippled through the public when a 21-storey building in Ikoyi collapsed on November 1, 2021, claiming 47 lives. In reaction, the Lagos State Government set up the Toyin Ayinde-led committee to probe the collapse, many Nigerians thought that the last had been heard of the issue since probe […]

It is heartwarming to hear some new measures that the management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, is taking to improve the welfare of corps members and strengthen faith in an otherwise marvelous scheme that is rapidly losing its allure. The health insurance scheme is a welcome idea because it will ensure that when […]

THE proverbial dust is yet to settle on the 21-storey building collapse in Ikoyi, Lagos Island on November 1, 2021, which claimed 47 lives. The public is yet to be informed of the findings of a committee set up by the Lagos State Government.Another collapse of a three-storey building under construction took place at Akanbi […]

THE Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, developed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to inject technological impetus into our electoral system must be worked on to minimise the suffering of voters. It has caused a lot of anger and frustration in the three instances it was deployed. These were the Isoko South 1 State […]

The novel idea of establishing units of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on the campuses of tertiary institutions of learning is a commendable one. We wonder how no one had thought of it before now. The NDLEA’s Chairman/Chief Executive, retired Brigadier-General Buba Marwa, has a track record of result-oriented public service which was […]

WITH about twelve months to the general election of 2023, candidates for the various elective offices have predictably started showing up. While some have already declared their intentions to contest, others are still consulting. Among the names already known for their presidential ambitions include Pius Anyim, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi, Kingsley Moghalu, Governors […]

Nigerians, especially those living in Abuja and Lagos and adjoining states, suddenly woke up this week and found themselves in the middle of petrol scarcity and the usual sufferings at fuel stations that come with it. The scarcity ensued because stakeholders within the fuel importation and distribution system had to stop the sale of dirty […]

The Federal Government can be very confusing in its approach to the war on terrorism. Governor Umara Zulum of Borno State has raised the alarm that the Islamic State in West Africa Province, ISWAP, is recruiting massively and fast gaining ground. He said unless something is done against them, Boko Haram, which has held Nigeria […]

Over the decades threats of strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other sister unions are the bogeys that have continued to haunt our tertiary educational system. They started in the 1970s, and yet, no regime has found a lasting solution to them. The main cause of work stoppages is the Memorandum […]

THE new red flag raised in the House of Representatives over the scourge of narcotic drugs, especially among the youth of the country, is a call for the intensification of efforts to tackle the drug menace in our society. The story of drug abuse in Nigeria started with marijuana or weeds. But from the 1980s […]

THE recent tragic kidnap and murder of five-year-old Miss Hanifa Abubakar by her teacher, Abdulmalik Tanko, in Kano, elicited a number of knee-jerk reactions by people in high places which must be called to order. Governor Umar Ganduje, while on a condolence visit to the family of the deceased, vowed to sign the death sentence […]

WITH Nigeria’s sudden,  unexpected exit from the ongoing African Cup of Nation, AFCON 2021, in Cameroun, the near-unanimous clamour for Austin Eguavoen to be appointed the full-time Super Eagles’ Head Coach has dissipated into uncertainty.