Editorials

NEARLY five decades into its existence, the ECOWAS socioeconomic super-structure that was constructed in 1975 to foster regional peace is crumbling fast. The trio of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger …

The discord between the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is, on so many grounds, not merely unhealthy, to put it mildly, it is dangerous to …

AS the world celebrates the 2024 World Population Day themed, ‘Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending Inequalities in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights’ today, it should be a springboard …

NIGERIA’S power sector is shabby, inefficient and has led to wasteful expenditure outcomes. With gross infrastructure deficits and ineffective systems, homes and industries spend trillions of naira annually to provide …

Another round of industrial action that is brewing in the nation’s universities is undesirable and should be averted. As an antidote, the Federal Government should quickly bring together the Academic …

OGUN State is under a security siege, and residents are living in fear. Daredevil criminals, kidnappers, ritual killers, armed robbers, and violent Fulani herdsmen are wreaking havoc in the state. …

NIGERIA, rich in diversity and potential, is trapped in a relentless web of insecurity. The Nigeria Police Force, constitutionally mandated to protect life and property, has been found wanting in …

Closely tied to insecurity is the adverse impact it has on food security. In the last eight years, farmers in food producing belts have been chased out of their farms …

ABANDONED for more than a decade, the Abuja Closed Circuit Television camera project represents a missed opportunity in the quest to ensure public safety and security in Nigeria’s capital. Therefore, …

Recent reports of Jihadi fighters occupying portions of Nigeria’s Northwest portend an escalation of insecurity, a menace the country has grappled with for over a decade without much success. The …