Editorials

An Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik has recently ordered the halt of the release of federal monthly allocations from the consolidated funds to the Rivers …

NIGERIA may not have its ambassadors in place any time soon. This is a deplorable concern. Since 2023, President Bola Tinubu has failed to reappoint ambassadors to represent Nigeria abroad. …

The advent of a new, foreign-based armed religious group known as ‘Lakurawa’ into Nigeria cannot but be sad news for the country’s embattled space, particularly in the North where insurgency seems …

LAKURAWA, the Islamic sect terrorising Nigeria,came with old tricks fromaterrorist’s playbook. The vicious group from Niger and Mali quietly settled into some Sokoto State communities, posing as the people’s defenders …

A plan by the Federal Government to achieve a 20-hour power supply to Nigerians in urban areas and industrial hubs by 2027 has generated a buzz. Before now, successive administrations …

Resort by the Federal Government to import food under its interventionist policy to crash skyrocketing prices of food items and mitigate hardship in the country is pragmatic and should be …

IN a bid to enforce the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage in Nigeria, the Nigeria Labour Congress has announced December 1 as the deadline for all the states to …

The Federal Government’s establishment of a special committee to review the criminalisation of attempted suicide demonstrates recognition of a worrying spate of Nigerians taking their lives or even thinking about …

A breakthrough at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has brought cheery news to people with sickle cell disease. LUTH doctors working with an NGO, Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria, …

The debate over granting financial and administrative autonomy to local governments in Nigeria has long been contentious. While proponents argue that independence would enhance grassroots governance, concerns have surfaced regarding …