Editorials

AS the world marks the International Day of the Girl Child, themed ‘Girls’ Vision of the Future,’ Nigeria’s governments should do all they can to secure the future of female …

ONE of the most significant moves by the Bola Tinubu administration is the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms in August 2023. The committee is …

Barely six months into the take-off of the Nigerian students’ loan scheme initiative of President Bola Tinubu, it is not entirely surprising that the recipients are already seeking a 100 …

IN another bold move to redraw the climate change narrative, Lagos State has taken the lead again by giving a new deadline on plastics use. This is after Lagos gave …

AS he attains 70 years today, Is-haq Oloyede can look back at his life with pride and the future with hope. Born on October 10, 1954, in the Abeokuta South …

It is apparent that if the WHO Pandemic Agreement and amendments to the IHR are signed in their current form by the requisite WHO member states, they may pave the …

THE fresh report of post-harvest losses underlines Nigeria’s weak agricultural policies and decades of ugly paradoxes. A food and nutrition specialist at the FAO, Ibrahim Ishaka told the News Agency …

THERE is a genuine concern that Nigeria’s public university system might collapse soon if the government fails to wake up to the task of revitalising the sector. A fresh indication …

By agreeing in principle to give African countries two permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council, while at the same time denying the continent veto rights, the UN has …

After two decades of waiting for indigenous supply, the shameful pricing row that heralded the rollout of petrol from Dangote Refinery mirrors the same malaise behind Nigeria’s inability to distil …