Editorials

THE alarm by Governor Seyi Makinde that bandits fleeing military bombardments in the North-West are seeking refuge in Oyo State is proof enough of the recurrence of their invasion of …

UNCERTAINTY surrounds the prolonged downtime of the National Bureau of Statistics website. The website – www.nigerianstat.gov.ng – is the repository of invaluable data on Nigeria’s critical economic markers. As of …

The commentary of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on the poor quality of elections in local government councils has reinvigorated the need for a reform of …

NIGERIA disdains its coaches. This is unfortunate. After an interminably long hiatus, the Nigeria Football Federation unveiled Éric Chelle, a Malian, as the coach of the men’s national football team, …

IT was barely 16 days after President Bola Tinubu was elected chairman of ECOWAS that Abdourahmane Tchiani illegally removed Niger Republic’s President Mohamed Bazoum in a military coup on July …

EVEN for a country that has frequent and multiple fatalities, the death of 190 citizens from a preventable disease in one year is alarming. On December 23, the Director-General of …

The call by stakeholders in the health sector for government to provide solar electric grids to power public hospitals cannot come too early. Health care institutions have not been spared …

A recent newspaper report highlighting that Nigeria loses approximately $1.1 billion yearly to malaria underscores a critical public health and economic challenge that demands urgent attention. The post Wanted: Frontal …

TWO decades after the landmark pension reforms, retirees from the federal public service are still being denied the payments of their accrued rights. This is unacceptable. A recent media report …

FRESH disclosures by the Independent National Electoral Commission that over six million Permanent Voter Cards were not collected by voters ahead of the 2023 elections, including those issued since 2015, …