Agenda for new security chiefs
One of the greatest challenges the administration of President Bola Tinubu faces is in the area of insecurity. And the burden of tackling Tinubu’s inherited […]
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Averting deaths on Nigeria’s inland waterways By BASHIR RABE MANI
John Davis (not real names) was a promising young man. He was so brilliant that he passed his university matriculation exam in one sitting, gaining […]
New TB vaccine in 100 years advances as Wellcome, Gates Foundation fund trial
Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced funding, to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate, M72/AS01E (M72), through a Phase III clinical […]
Paris Summit: President Tinubu scores high on first foreign trip By OCHE EGWA
Timing matters in everything. Less than twenty-four hours in office, two directives by Nigeria’s newly sworn-in President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, set the tone for emerging […]
Tinubu’s monetary policy focus and the fate of naira By KADIRI ABDULRAHMAN
One of the major decisions taken by President Bola Tinubu on assumption of office on May 29, after removal of petrol subsidy, was the suspension […]
Salvaging basic education in Borno from ruins of Boko Haram war By YAKUBU UBA
For years, Boko Haram insurgents waged a violent war in Borno and other parts of Northeastern part of the country with threats to extend their […]
June 12 and Nigeria’s struggle for freedom
As Nigeria marks yet another democracy day on June 12, pundits have continued to evaluate the significance of that day to the nation’s struggle for […]
Subsidy removal brouhaha: Let’s think By KASSIM AFEGBUA
In the last few days, infact, since President Tinubu made his inauguration pronouncement about subsidy, tongues have been wagging as to the propriety of this […]
National Security: How Has Monguno Fared as NSA?
On July 13, 2015, in line with the provisions of the law, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno as the National Security Adviser […]
Labour Party: Fireworks, drama as Presidential Election Petition Court sits
Pre-hearing at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), started on a light note on May 8. INEC on March 1, declared Sen. Bola Tinubu of […]
Buhari’s $800m World Bank loan request and revenue generation imperatives
President Muhammadu Buhari recently sent a request to the National Assembly to approve 800 million dollars loan meant to cushion effect of the proposed removal […]
House of Reps Speakership: Betara a kingmaker who wants to be king
As the May 29 date for the inauguration of a new Federal Government draws near politicians have raised their ante as they position themselves for […]
10th NASS: Who leads the Senate? By NAOMI SHARANG
The 10th National Assembly (NASS) will, in few weeks, wind down its parliamentary duties. It was inaugurated on June 11, 2019. It is expected that […]
Ekweremadu’s fall: A test of Nigeria’s diplomatic dexterity?
In what some analysts have described as a “`fall from grace to grass”, former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu was on May 5, […]
‘A living wage for a living worker’ – Tinubu’s promise of a better deal
It is becoming apparent that the organised labour may not give the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, the luxury of time to settle down before agitation […]
How flooding impact learning among Nigerian children By JOHN ONAH
In this article, JOHN ONAH takes a look at how Nigeria Government has failed to put a halt to flood, the yearly occurrences that impact […]
Addressing perceptions about Mathematics
Students’ attitude towards math seems to be shaped by how they understand the subject; and what they consider as the role of Mathematics in their […]
Prudent expenditure and Nigeria’s quest for debt sustainability
In recent times, the media has been awash with news about the huge debt burden that the incoming government would inherit from the President Muhammadu […]
Insecurity: The task before Tinubu led administration By MAHARAZU AHMED
Nigeria will on May 29, 2023 have a new leadership that will steer the affairs of the country in the next four years. The new […]
Another look at Nigeria on Global Terrorism Index list
In its 2023 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) released recently, the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) said terrorist activities in Nigeria had dropped to their […]