MOST Nigerians have not fully addressed their minds to the latest effort to amend the 1999 Constitution. This is because every session of the National Assembly has always taken it upon itself to tinker with the Constitution, yet the major pillars of the nation’s grundnorm – centralised federalism – remain unchanged. One issue which the […]

THE importance of the onset of every rainy season should not be overlooked by anyone living under our climatic conditions. It is not just farmers that should be specially concerned about the pattern of the oncoming rains.  Everybody, especially government and those who live in areas that are flood-prone, must be alert and take necessary […]

This year’s World Health Day which took place on Thursday, April 6, 2022, was themed to converge the health of our planet with those of its inhabitants, especially humans: Our Planet, Our Health. It emphasises that as we continue our reckless pollution of Mother Earth, we are increasing diseases such as cancer, asthma, heart disease […]

ON Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the Federal Government continued its gradual relaxation of restrictions on public gatherings which it imposed as a means of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic since April 2020. According to a statement by the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, PSC, on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, the Federal Government still insists that […]

As expected, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, moved against the ringleaders of the move to call out personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to a nationwide strike. In mid-March 2022, some of the organisers of the supposed industrial action announced a two-week “warning strike” as a prelude to the main event. […]

AFTER the collapse of the Nigerian railway network established by our British colonial masters due to mismanagement, former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an elected leader initiated the ongoing effort to restore and modernise that aspect of our transportation system. Successive administrations, notably those of former President Goodluck Jonathan and the current regime of President Muhammadu […]

DESPITE security being a top priority of President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime, law-abiding Nigerians now live in fear more than at any other time in our history. Our people depend a lot on travelling to earn their living, but events of the past week show that travelling has suddenly become a very risky venture. Bandit terrorism […]

Muslims across the globe will be immersed in 29 or 30-day fasting, devotion and reflection. The sanctity of the month, as it is believed, was evidenced by the link of the Holy Qur’an with Ramadan. According to a scholar, the entire Qur’an came down in Ramadan; the first revelation also occurred in Ramadan as well […]

ON Wednesday, March 22, 2022, a viral video of an inferno under the Apongbon section of the Eko Bridge, Lagos emerged. The fire consumed the goods, containers and junk under the bridge, thus severely compromising that section of the flyover bridge into Victoria Island. As a result, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had […]

MILLIONS of Nigerian football fans had looked up to the Super Eagles to lift the spirits of the nation by qualifying for the World Cup coming up in Qatar later this year. Unfortunately, our soccer ambassadors compounded our woes arising from our socio-economic and security misgovernance. Their 1-1 draw at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja […]