Category: Opinion

By Alabi Williams President Bola Tinubu’s recent outing at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS), in Guinea-Bissau, where he emerged as new chairperson could instigate renewed activism for the country’s foreign relations. Nigeria has taken the back bench at international […]

By: Ven. Amb. Nelson Fadoju. A good start in a 100 meter or any race or administration of a  country or organization gives a successful ending for victory. But, if the start-off is rugged or slow, the finishing may be wrong unless God says YES and supports. So, President Tinubu should note that he is […]

By Festus Adedayo Initial applauses from Bretton Woods and some local economists that greeted the economic reforms of the Bola Tinubu presidency were deafening. The reforms were termed bold and courageous. The most surgically painful of them, which drilled deep down into the marrows of Nigerians, was the removal of fuel subsidy. In a country […]

By Martins Oloja I wish the new authorities in Abuja would listen to the many voices of reason and wisdom, which continue to pour in at this time that photo opportunities should be frozen immediately. The new strong man in Africa needs to freeze the meretricious visitations and photo sessions so that he can observe […]

720 kegs of smuggled petrol Confirmation by the Nigerian Customs Service that petrol is still being smuggled out of the country to neighbouring countries is worrisome. The revelation signposts an anomaly in the deregulation of the downstream sector that has recently featured the removal of fuel subsidy, thus shooting up the price of fuel and […]

By Tunde Odesola Ahoy! Off to Treasure Island, I set sail. The sea is turbulent, the wind is violent; but go I must on this dangerous odyssey to Pirates’ underworld, where good and evil fruits grow on the same tree, where virtue and vice sleep in the same bed, where life is short and brutish […]

Apart from the huge human and economic loss the country suffers from incessant mishaps of boats on the waterways, the accidents are a serious disservice to the government’s desire to explore the waterways fully as a means of public transportation. There is no doubt that if properly developed, the country’s waters can provide a cheap, […]

The change of administration from one that was obviously overwhelmed by the kidnapping and killings of Nigerians by terrorists, to another that hotly promises strategic and tactical attacks on the murderous bands, has, unfortunately not translated to a reduction in the spate of killers on the rampage. North and south, east and west, gunmen roam […]