Category: Opinion

The complaint by President Bola Tinubu’s advisory council that Nigeria lost $46.14 billion to crude oil theft rekindles the imperative of a thorough investigation to unravel the racket and its perpetrators, stop it, and undertake a parallel audit of the recently shut down subsidy regime. The energy and natural resources sub-committees of the council noted […]

The recent judgment of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja Division, which states that wives are joint owners of properties with their husbands, is, to say the least, another resounding triumph of justice for Nigerian wives. The Lagos High Court in Ikeja, presided over by Hon. Justice Dorcas T. Olatokun, made this pronouncement in a case […]

Students in a lecture hall President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s revival of a loan scheme for indigent Nigerian students is a positive venture, despite the reservations expressed by some pundits about its workability. In a country featuring high poverty and low employment, such a scheme provides a window of educational opportunity for many people who otherwise […]

By Dare Babarinsa After barely four weeks in power, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shown Nigerians that he means business. On Monday, he retired the old military chiefs and the Inspector General of Police. He finally sent home the durable Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali, who was the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (CGC), for […]

If there was any doubt about the endemic corruption assailing the Nigerian judiciary, Adamu Bulkachuwa, who represented Bauchi North in the Ninth Senate, has just dispelled it. His valedictory speech suggested that he may have influenced his wife, Zainab, a former president of the Court of Appeal, in “helping” lawmakers in their positions. To many […]

By Ray Ekpu On May 29 this year, President Bola Tinubu said during his inauguration that security was going to be a top priority for his government. He said: “We shall invest more in our security personnel and this means more than an increase in number. We shall provide better training, equipment, pay and firepower.” […]

President Bola Tinubu’s assent, the other day, to the electricity bill passed in July 2022 seeking to repeal the Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act, 2005 is a welcome development. But it is just the beginning of a road that is certain to be rough and winding toward meeting the country’s electricity requirement. First is […]

Ramon Adedoyin, founder of Oduduwa University and The Polytechnic, Ile-Ife, Osun State Barring a different view by an appellate court to which convicts in the case may turn, the controversy surrounding the death of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife was recently laid to rest by the Chief Judge of […]

Wreckage of illegal buildings demolition by Task Force. Photo: Lucy Elukpo-Ateko The gale of demolition of buildings generally branded as ‘illegal structures’ in many parts of the country is worrisome as the exercise usually leaves behind wailing and gnashing of teeth, besides the huge financial cost and waste running into billions of naira. In recent […]