Editorials

What went viral on social media through a video on what was served to boarding house students of a secondary school in Akwa Ibom State was unfortunate and calls for …

NIGERIA’S ‘feeding bottle’ federalism is coming home to roost. The country has been running a unitary system disguised as federalism, and the negative effects of centralisation have begun to show …

THE incessant abduction of healthcare workers in Nigeria has reached alarming proportions, casting a grim shadow over the country’s embattled health sector. These abductions not only jeopardise the lives of …

The spike in teenage pregnancies in Nigeria is not merely a statistic; it reflects a deeper societal issue that requires immediate attention because the health ramifications of adolescent pregnancy are …

PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump’s trial, conviction, and ongoing post-conviction legal issues have thrown up interesting and novel developments in that country’s democracy. These issues hold lessons for other democracies: those deliberately …

ONE of the key assumptions underpinning President Bola Tinubu’s 2025 budget is an inflation rate of 15 per cent. While many agree that inflation will decline in 2025, the projection …

Happy New Year! The greeting on New Year’s Day evokes and encapsulates a wish for newness. The post 2025: Our flaws must be corrected appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria …

DEMOCRACY is on trial in South Korea. On December 3, President Yoon Suk Yeol illegally declared martial law in that Asian country, testing the strength of constitutional democracy. The institutions …

A new report by the Media Rights Agenda that documents a disturbing trend of violence and intimidation meted out to journalists by security agencies aptly demonstrates the consistent threat against …

The galloping increase in the price of cement in the country is understandably raising concerns for stakeholders in the building industry. The post Making cement affordable, within reach of Nigerians …