Editorials

The advent of a new, foreign-based armed religious group known as ‘Lakurawa’ into Nigeria cannot but be sad news for the country’s embattled space, particularly in the North where insurgency seems …

LAKURAWA, the Islamic sect terrorising Nigeria,came with old tricks fromaterrorist’s playbook. The vicious group from Niger and Mali quietly settled into some Sokoto State communities, posing as the people’s defenders …

A plan by the Federal Government to achieve a 20-hour power supply to Nigerians in urban areas and industrial hubs by 2027 has generated a buzz. Before now, successive administrations …

Resort by the Federal Government to import food under its interventionist policy to crash skyrocketing prices of food items and mitigate hardship in the country is pragmatic and should be …

IN a bid to enforce the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage in Nigeria, the Nigeria Labour Congress has announced December 1 as the deadline for all the states to …

The Federal Government’s establishment of a special committee to review the criminalisation of attempted suicide demonstrates recognition of a worrying spate of Nigerians taking their lives or even thinking about …

A breakthrough at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has brought cheery news to people with sickle cell disease. LUTH doctors working with an NGO, Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria, …

The debate over granting financial and administrative autonomy to local governments in Nigeria has long been contentious. While proponents argue that independence would enhance grassroots governance, concerns have surfaced regarding …

The emergence of Mr. Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America is shocking to the American Democrats, as it is to much of the rest …

NIGERIA’S housing sector is in crisis, with an alarming shortage of affordable homes pushing millions of desperate citizens into slums and informal settlements. The acute deficit has worsened poverty, deepened …