Editorial

Agenda for the Forest Guards 

Agenda for the Forest Guards 

The graduation of the first batch of 950 Forest Guards under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is a welcome development in Nigeria’s prolonged struggle against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. This was a promise the president made as insecurity continued to confront Nigerians despite the best efforts of the Armed Forces. But graduation ceremonies, uniforms and […]
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INEC and CUPP’s allegations

INEC and CUPP’s allegations

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has responded adequately and reassuringly to the “expose” by the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, which, in a media briefing a fortnight ago, alleged that the Commission, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, planned to rig the 2023 elections through voter register […]

Tasks before CJN Ariwoola

Tasks before CJN Ariwoola

The confirmation of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, by the Senate without intrigues or hitches is a sign that the Muhammadu Buhari government might be ready for the Judiciary to regain its autonomous footing. We recall the wars of nerves that the executive branch waged in ensuring the ouster […]

Aisha Buhari’s insensitive showboating

Aisha Buhari’s insensitive showboating

Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, returned to the public glare after a prolonged time off, to engage in what many Nigerians see as an obscene show-off with a tweet she published on her verified handle on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. She was pictured celebrating the graduation of Zahra, her son’s wife, from a United […]

LASG’s auctions of errant vehicles

LASG’s auctions of errant vehicles

Many motorists in Lagos State will do well to familiarise themselves with the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018, which, in an effort to enforce sanity on Lagos roads, contains some draconian provisions. For instance, driving against the traffic (One-Way) is treated like a criminal offence, which it should not be. Anyone found culpable […]

Beyond disbandment of NATFORCE

Beyond disbandment of NATFORCE

After an expanded National Security Council, NSC, meeting, the Federal Government on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the State House in Abuja, “urged” the promoters of the so-called NATFORCE (National Task Force on the Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons, Chemical Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism) to disband itself or be dismantled by […]