Editorial

Lagos highways are awash with juvenile beggars who pose a menace to the cosmopolitan status of the megapolis. Many of them are underage children who ideally should be under parental

Twice within 48 hours, this week, President Bola Tinubu has publicly reiterated the imperative of establishing state police as a necessary condition to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and more effectively

There may well be a need to review the approach to punishment of students regarding certain offences committed in the country’s higher institutions. The case of 28 students expelled by

•Authorities should ensure Argungu Fishing Festival continues sustainably Discontinuities have not helped the Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival. The 61st edition was held in Kebbi State, from February 11

•Federal Government should reverse the plan to keep licensing new universities in the face of dwindling standards. Barely one year after the Federal Ministry of Education put the lid on

For most of his 84 years on earth, until the decline in his health over the last decade and a half, Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died on February 17, was

For 56-year-old Chijioku Ihunwo of Rivers State, his widowhood story is heart-wrenching. Beyond losing his wife in May 2025, his plan to bury her on December 13, 2025, was thwarted

Local production of crude measuring facility, though coming somewhat late, is still worthy of celebration Last week’s inauguration of the first Gravimetric Multifaceted Flow Metering Calibration Facility in Eket, Akwa

•INEC’s hefty budget is understandable in the context of the circumstances in which elections are conducted in the country The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed a budget of

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) just rolled out distressing statistics over banks’ deposit and lending rates: some sectors face lending rates as high as 60%, even as savings deposit

U.S. terrorism sponsors list an anti-climax as it did not feature any known figure The tantalizing prospect of naming and shaming big names in the Nigerian political environment, as the

•Their killers must be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others  January 6 murder of five Forest Guards at the National Park Service office in Oloka Village, Ikoyi Ile,