Editorials

THE Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the benchmark Monetary Policy Rate by 50 basis points to 27.25 per cent from 26.25 per cent. This …

THE recent allegations linking the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle to terrorism and banditry present a grave dilemma for the Bola Tinubu administration. These accusations, brought forward by …

FEDERAL lawmakers want Nigerians living abroad to vote. At a retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State last year, the lawmakers considered tweaking the Constitution to allow Nigerians in the …

THE extortion of a Ghana-based Nigerian businessman, Liberty Isaac, of N3 million at gunpoint by some officers should offer the Nigeria Police Force the opportunity to deplete the ranks of …

The report of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that it has a record of 24,025 persons missing in Nigeria is depressing and most unfortunate. The post Missing …

THAT most of Nigeria’s 36 states are sinking deeper into a debt trap despite increased allocations from the Federation Account gives cause for concern. The paradox of rising debt amid …

AFFECTED by the pains of flawed government policies, Nigerians are contending with a new reality. These are the unusual and astronomical fee hikes by institutions of learning in the country. …

The ninth edition of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) that ended recently again presents an unseemly convergence of countries in a lopsided relationship that Africa needs to correct in …

THE bill for the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons recently signed by President Bola Tinubu should set the pace for the …

Following the expiration of the deadline given telecommunication operators to disconnect subscribers whose Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards have not been linked with their National Identity Number (NIN) The post …