A thing or two to cheer about the present crop of economy management team sprouted from the comments of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, in Washinton DC, United States of America, USA, on the sidelines of the World Bank -IMF meetings.

The confession by the Federal Ministry of Education of its negligence in the diarrhoea outbreak at Queens College, Lagos, appears like a breakthrough in the investigations into the incident that led to the death of three students of the school.

IN a remarkable act of service delivery, the aviation authorities kept to the promise of reconstructing the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, within six weeks.

Referencing recent comments credited to Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to the effect that there was still much work to be done in terms of funding and creating an enabling environment for mining in the country, we have expressed support for this position while admonishing that more action should be seen in this direction than hitherto the case.

There are indications that efforts of the Federal Government in getting the Solid minerals sector of the economy off the ground are yet to be activated. It is trite to say that the nation is abundantly blessed with so much of Solid minerals.

AN amorous relationship that went awry between two personnel of the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, at the Air Tactical Command, Makurdi, Benue State capital , brought to the fore the need for a rethink of such relations among armed security men and women across the country.

THE current Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) epidemic in Nigeria is one outbreak too many. For decades, the nation has witnessed series of outbreaks of the disease.

The issue of insecurity across the country remains a source of serious concern both to  government and the governed.  With the seeming inability of the Police to cope with bourgeoning security challenges, state governments are devising  alternatives to complement the police efforts in tackling the problem. Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, was the latest to […]

LIKE a stalking nightmare, the spectre of the country’s ill-treatment of its pensioners continues to strike the conscience of the nation.

The Cynthia Osokogu Facebook love saga came to a somewhat fitting climax recently with two of the accused persons standing trial for her murder being sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos State High Court presided over by Justice Olabisi Akinlade.

When President Muhammadu Buhari delegated the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to inaugurate the 24-man Committee on Constitution and Electoral Reform headed by Senator Ken Nnamani early in October 2016, huge question marks trailed the exercise.

THE official admission by the Federal Government through the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, that the leader of Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, is still alive and hiding in the Sambisa Forest came as a shock to most Nigerians who had taken it for granted that the military were now simply conducting mop-up operations.

Working relations between the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government has, most of times in the past eighteen years of our renascent democracy, been tempestuous, with the President Olusegun Obasanjo years being the most notorious.

FOR those who have wondered why the road linking the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and the rest of Lagos through Oshodi remains derelict in spite of Lagos State and the Federal Government coming under the same ruling party for the first time ever, the recent exchange of accusations and counter-accusations between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos and Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), is an eye-opener.

Even the most ardent supporters of the Buhari administration are beginning to agree that while it is receiving well-deserved commendation in the fight against Boko Haram, the equally deadly and more widespread attacks on Nigerians by herdsmen remains largely ignored while the body count mounts nationwide.