Editorials

THE outlook for basic education in Nigeria is alarming, compounded by the shortage of teachers in the states. As the foundation of the country’s education architecture, issues at the primary …

THE Federal Government recently announced a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities as part of efforts to tame soaring food prices, which has resulted in untold privations. Over the …

Whatever constitutes any threat to smooth operation by the Dangote Refinery established to boost the refining capacity of Nigeria and Africa should be promptly tackled to ensure that the objectives …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s creation of a new Ministry of Livestock Development again underscores the inherent contradictions in efforts at resource management. Besides struggling with sundry economic woes including a debt …

THERE is an air of momentous celebration and grateful reflection as Ajibola Ogunshola, the Emeritus Chairman of PUNCH, marks his 80th birthday today, July 14, 2024. In the past eight …

The world celebrates the inimitable literary icon and humanist, Professor Akínwándé Olúwolé Sóyínká at the graceful age of 90, today; deservedly for the many ennobling caps he has worn and …

Nigeria, through President Bola Tinubu, deserved better treatment than what it got at the swearing-in of South Africa’s President, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, for a second term in office on June …

IN fulfilment of one of his campaign promises, President Bola Tinubu recently set up a consumer credit guarantee scheme to address issues surrounding access to credit by the public. The …

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 …