Category: Opinion

By Eric Teniola The outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has made sure he is leaving a huge debt profile of N80 trillion when he leaves the villa on Monday, May 29. Well, well, well. While he will be celebrating in Daura or in Niger Republic, we shall be sorting out the mess he has created […]

Amid claims by President Muhammadu Buhari of taming insecurity, violence remains stubbornly ubiquitous. While traumatised Nigerians are politely reminding Buhari of his unfulfilled pledge to secure their lives and property, bandits, terrorists, and sundry criminals are underscoring the reminder with blood, broken bodies, and pillage. The reality on the ground compels the conclusion that despite […]

International concerns about Nigeria’s high fertility rate call for a deeper reflection on our national demography and its implications. Clearly, Nigeria’s bourgeoning young population is a potential national asset and the envy of developed nations. But without a clear-cut plan for their general well-being, especially quality education and job opportunities, the future is bleak and […]

By Tunde Adeyemi The public attention has been drawn to the feeble but late attempts by the cronies of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to justify his ignominious position on the zoning of the presiding officers of the 10th National Assembly done by the NWC. of the APC. in consultation with the President-Elect. One […]

By Kunle Johnson — OKÉTÉ is at it again The caption is revealing enough. Everybody knows the writer of the warped diatribe against ex-envoy Sola Iji. He is the serial betrayer, malicious blackmailer, pathological liar and vindictive backstabber from the riverine area of the Sunshine State. No wonder, he has earned the OKÉTÉ sobriquet in […]

Evidence of hunger across the land is mounting in daily lived experiences and is increasingly confirmed by expert reports. The latest indication of the worsening food insecurity and pervasive privation in the country comes from the United Nations World Food Programme which issued an alarming report that 24.8 million Nigerians currently face acute hunger. In […]

Friday, May 12, was the anniversary of the barbaric killing of Deborah Samuel, 22, a second-year Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, but there is no word on the whereabouts of her murderers. It is an eerily familiar pattern in Northern Nigeria: fiendish mobs, inebriated with religious or ethnic hatred, […]

Cardiovascular disease has gone epidemic in Nigeria. Most disturbing is the surging demography of ailing young and old that cannot access expensive corrective surgeries. Without excusing the place of efficient and affordable care for the sick, most germane is the primacy of preventive care that should slow the rate of supposedly healthy Nigerians coming down […]

By Martins Oloja Who will set some Nigerian leaders free from their liking for U.K. Medical Doctors? Who will be paying for the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical treatments in the U.K. after May 29, 2023? Will Buhari curb Buhari’s obsession with the U.K universities (for his children) and healthcare system for more than 40 […]

By Ray Ekpu It does appear or so it seems that the Buhari administration has found a way of sorting out the problem of petrol subsidy. It has borrowed a handsome sum of $800 million from the World Bank. It intends to use this money or part of it in taking care of 50 million […]