Editorials

Some 32 years after the debacle of the June 12, 1993, presidential election struggle in which he remains the villain, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB)’s account of his eight-year stewardship …

RELIGION can distort a man’s vision. This is evident with some state governors in Northern Nigeria. As of February 28, four states have hastily scheduled school holidays to coincide with …

NIGERIANS had high hopes in January 2019 when former President Muhammadu Buhari signed Executive Order 007, known as the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme. The scheme …

NIGERIA can no longer afford to ignore its hard drugs menace. A fresh event in Gadan-Gayan, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State in February substantiates the threat to society …

The transition of Pa Ayo Adebanjo (as he was fondly known), the leader of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural organisation on February 14, 2025 constitutes an immeasurable loss to the pro-democracy …

This weekend, the Muslim faithful, globally, will commence the yearly Ramadan fasting for 30 or 29 days as the fourth fundamental pillar of Islam. The month of Ramadan, the ninth …

THE Federal Government’s conversion of the Yaba College of Technology into a university has generated widespread criticism. In February, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu …

ECHOES of the controversial extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police continue to reverberate across the landscape. Though the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef …

The mixed feelings with which Nigerians received the news, from the House of Representatives, on a proposal to create 31 new states are to be expected. Those in support of …

IBRAHIM Babangida, Nigeria’s former military tyrant, and self-styled “evil genius”, has long evaded accountability for the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the most heinous betrayal of Nigeria’s …