Editorials

THE Nigerian Air Force, as a key arm of the Armed Forces, performs critical roles in counter-insurgency operations. However, in recent years, a troubling pattern has emerged: frequent accidental bombings …

IT took five days for police to arrest the prime suspect in the killing of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, a health insurance firm in the United States. Brian Thompson, …

THE festering rights abuse, killings, exploitation, rape, and horror associated with human trafficking over the years have made it compelling for the government to devise a comprehensive strategy to check …

At eighty, and with a long list of outstanding achievements as a thorough professional; coupled with an unyielding can-do spirit and character, Biodun Olusina Shobanjo deserves more recognition and applause …

What went viral on social media through a video on what was served to boarding house students of a secondary school in Akwa Ibom State was unfortunate and calls for …

NIGERIA’S ‘feeding bottle’ federalism is coming home to roost. The country has been running a unitary system disguised as federalism, and the negative effects of centralisation have begun to show …

THE incessant abduction of healthcare workers in Nigeria has reached alarming proportions, casting a grim shadow over the country’s embattled health sector. These abductions not only jeopardise the lives of …

The spike in teenage pregnancies in Nigeria is not merely a statistic; it reflects a deeper societal issue that requires immediate attention because the health ramifications of adolescent pregnancy are …

PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump’s trial, conviction, and ongoing post-conviction legal issues have thrown up interesting and novel developments in that country’s democracy. These issues hold lessons for other democracies: those deliberately …

ONE of the key assumptions underpinning President Bola Tinubu’s 2025 budget is an inflation rate of 15 per cent. While many agree that inflation will decline in 2025, the projection …