Editorial

Support for domestic auto-makers

Support for domestic auto-makers

The Federal Government’s directive compelling ministries, departments and agencies to prioritise vehicles assembled or manufactured in Nigeria is a welcome attempt to make public spending serve industrial development. Under the Nigeria First policy, procurement should not automatically send billions of naira abroad when domestic alternatives are available. The directive also envisages tighter oversight, with exemptions […]
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Environmental actions needed to keep Lagos afloat

Environmental actions needed to keep Lagos afloat

COASTAL lands are huge assets to the countries and the peoples to which they belong. But lands located near the oceans, or surrounded by it, also have their downsides. The story of Atlantis which supposedly sank beneath the waters of the Atlantic Ocean is regarded as a myth. Today, however, archaeologists have discovered there are […]

Stop extortion of logistics operators

Stop extortion of logistics operators

EXTORTION, which is rampant among bad law officers and hoodlums who are allowed to operate freely in states like Lagos, is a major form of corruption in Nigeria. Bad eggs in the law enforcement agencies engage in it as a means of earning extra remuneration or outright corrupt self-enrichment.  Unfortunately, it is generally condoned by […]

Chinese loans and our sovereignty (2)

Chinese loans and our sovereignty (2)

NO matter the challenges confronting Nigeria, we are still a great country. We have patriots who will not allow the dignity and sovereignty of our country to be toyed with for any reason.

Chinese loans and our sovereignty (1)

Chinese loans and our sovereignty (1)

OUR polity has been over-heated by the seemingly endless debates on the issue of loans given or about to be given to Nigeria by the government of China for our infrastructural development.

Double standard approach to dealing with insecurity

Double standard approach to dealing with insecurity

One of the reasons Nigeria may never succeed in solving her insecurity problems under the Muhammadu Buhari dispensation is that the security forces have been made to operate with double standards. Way back in 2015, the Global Terrorism Index, GTI, declared the militant Fulani herdsmen as the fourth most murderous terrorist group in the world […]