Editorials

Attacks on DisCos: Nigerian military is lawless

THE Nigerian military is escalating its recklessly violent and illegal attacks on electricity distribution companies. It intensified its impunity and lawlessness at the weekend when soldiers invaded an EKO Electricity …

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Youths and native doctors

MANY charlatans have made scamming people a lucrative business in Nigeria. Over the years, some native doctors have established an industry that thrives on the gullibility of many youths. They …

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Don’t toll Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s government is hard-headed. It cancelled petrol subsidies upon inauguration, floated the naira, and yanked off electricity subsidies. Recently, it stated its intention to reintroduce tolling on the …

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Rivers’ crisis: A call for caution

THE festering crisis in Rivers State has become a present danger to this democracy. The lead characters in the whole mess – Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike …

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Reversing the malnutrition onslaught

NIGERIANS are not eating well. The result is unsettling. About 7.0 per cent of its women of childbearing age are acutely malnourished, according to UNICEF. This means they are not …

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The Dutch asylum deportation controversy

Despite concerns over European laws and conventions, the Dutch government is exploring the idea of deporting Africans, whose asylum requests have been refused, to Uganda. The post The Dutch asylum …

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