Editorials

Ongoing global focus on the achievements and need to maximise the role of women in society is yet another opportunity to revisit age-old prejudices, socio-legal and traditional or cultural practices …

IN a few weeks, the Economic Community of West African States, established on 28 May 1975, will turn 50. It was established following the signing of the Treaty of Lagos. …

The rash of endorsements floating across the country urging President Bola Tinubu to run for a yet-to-be-ordered 2027 presidential election is coming at an inauspicious time when the President is …

AS the global community commemorates the 2025 World Tuberculosis Day, themed “Yes! We can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver”, today, the urgency of ending the scourge of the world’s deadliest …

NIGERIA’S business community is under relentless siege. In an already suffocating economic environment marked by rising costs, multiple taxation, policy inconsistency, and dwindling investor confidence, the Financial Reporting Council of …

Nigeria’s governors are plunging their states into crippling debt, borrowing without accountability while the citizens they swore to serve languish in poverty. Instead of investing in essential sectors like education, …

In the wake of reports of infiltration of the South West by terrorists, the governors announced a plan to jointly counter any form of threat to life and property in …

The optimism expressed the other day by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmud Yakubu, over the conduct of pending by-elections is a significant boost to …

AS the global community celebrates World Water Day 2025 on Saturday, with the theme: ‘Water and Climate Change: Preserving Glaciers’, it is critical to examine the significance of glaciers to …

Many chilling indicators underscore the crisis in Nigeria’s education sector, as depicted in a recent focus on that sector. They include but are not limited to, frequent industrial unrests, low …