2026 Peace Day: Peace begins in the classroom
By Olalekan A. Babatunde Today is the International Day of Peace, a day the world dedicated to observe and strengthen the ideals of peace and to reflect on the state of conflict and violence within and among nations and peoples. This year’s theme is “Invest in Peace: For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day.” For Nigeria, the […]
Tackling COVID-19 quagmire in Nigeria: Appeal to decongest correctional centres
By Maxwell Adeleye Though the outbreak started in the Republic of China in December 2019, however, the coronavirus controversy has been a hot subject in Nigeria since February 2020, if not earlier, and it will continue to remain a subject of huge concern, for all the nations of the world in the near future. While […]
With lower oil price, Obasanjo paid our foreign debts – Atiku
Says It’s delusory to borrow $6.9 billion now By Atiku Abubakar BEFORE the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42 per cent of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: Even if we devote 100 per cent of our income to rebuilding our economy, it still will […]
The ‘Presidency’ still can’t get it right
By Rotimi Fasan, By the presidency, I mean that section of the national bureaucracy that is supposed to stay under the direct superintendence or control of President Muhammadu Buhari but which lamentably has been taken over by a coterie of aides who speak in the name of the president. The foregoing piece of information is […]
Ogun State: Border closure and the killings in Ipokia LG
By Muritala Omikunle It is becoming more glaring that the people of Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State are being subjected to undue melancholy. How else does one describe a people who are geographically fixed to a territory but are not accorded any regard be it justice, amenities and infrastructure balance but rather deprived […]
Time for a one-handed economist
By Sunny Ikhioya THE title of this piece is not original to me. Years ago, it was in a situation, such as now, I think, during the Structural Adjustment Programme, SAP, debate under the General Ibrahim Babangida’s regime that Ray Ekpu, in his column in the Sunday Times, titled a piece: “Wanted the one handed […]
