Editorials

With the enrolment of 1.5 million out-of-school children in primary and secondary schools in Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum has taken a visionary and empathetic action, as a leader, to …

AS Nigerians lament the gross infrastructural deficit and poor basic public services, vandalism is aggravating the situation. The recent arrest of 50 persons who stole manhole covers in the Abuja …

EARLY in the New Year, violence against women is rearing its head again. In New Karshi, Nasarawa State, Timilehin Ajayi, 32, brutally murdered an NYSC member, Salome Adaidu, 24, for …

For a country battling with food insecurity arising from multifaceted factors, it is bad news that as much as 30 to 40 per cent of agricultural produce in Nigeria is …

THE attention of the world has again unfortunately been turned to Borno State following Sunday’s heinous and horrific attacks by Boko Haram terrorists that left over 40 innocent farmers dead. …

The controversy elicited recently by the construction of 40 units of residential apartments for Judges of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Federal High Court and The Court of …

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, …