Editorials

THE Federal Government’s conversion of the Yaba College of Technology into a university has generated widespread criticism. In February, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu …

ECHOES of the controversial extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police continue to reverberate across the landscape. Though the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef …

The mixed feelings with which Nigerians received the news, from the House of Representatives, on a proposal to create 31 new states are to be expected. Those in support of …

IBRAHIM Babangida, Nigeria’s former military tyrant, and self-styled “evil genius”, has long evaded accountability for the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the most heinous betrayal of Nigeria’s …

The thought process of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) in Nigeria, as highlighted by the organisation’s newly elected chairman, Mr Dele Kelvin Oye, may just be what the country needs …

THE contagion of state creation has resurfaced with the fresh proposal to create 31 new states. The agitation is divisive, selfish, myopic, and unrealistic. The lawmakers and their acolytes are …

The payment of N2.4 billion to 17 contractors who failed to execute the projects, as recently reported, epitomises a bad practice that has unfortunately become pervasive in the Nigerian public …

AFRICA’s largest telecom market is in turmoil. Uncertainty mixed with outrage deepened after the telcos implemented a 50 per cent tariff hike on February 17. An SMS that cost N4 …

LAGOS State is on the verge of political implosion. Since the impeachment of the former Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, representing Agege 1 Constituency, by 36 …

There is little doubt that President Donald Trump’s second coming and his radical ideas will significantly impact global economies, and many dependent countries like Nigeria should prepare. Barring curtailment efforts …