Plateau Christmas killings, genocide and growing need for state and community police By LAW MEFOR
The killing of about 200 people on the Plateau on Christmas Eve has once again highlighted how helpless Nigerians have become in the face of […]
Features
Critical thinking and skepticism for children in Africa By LEO IGWE
Whenever skepticism is discussed, reference is often made to adults, university students and staff, scholars, and intellectuals. Skepticism is a topic for philosophers or […]
Blessing same-sex couples: Why are African bishops against homosexuals? By LEO IGWE
The Vatican approval of blessing for same-sex couples has elicited opposition from episcopal conferences across Africa. And it has become pertinent to ask: […]
`Japa` in Health Sector: Implications and way forward By ADEROGBA GORGE
The nation’s health sector is facing myriad of challenges including outbound medical tourism, deteriorating infrastructure, low budgetary allocation, poor remuneration. A combination of […]
Nigeria’s e-Naira: Challenges of adoption, potential benefits
The launch of e-Naira in Nigeria on Oct. 25, 2021 marked a significant milestone toward positioning the country as a pioneer in Africa’s digital currency […]
Portrait of a desired aim: The educational journal of High Chief Dennis Otuaro (PhD) By ASIAYEI ENAIBO
Berthed by the creek philosophies with a paddle and canoe, fearlessly, the child navigates his ways in the deep creeks, estuaries, and brooks […]
NDDC foreign scholarship: Boosting Human Capacity for Niger Delta By IFEATU AGBU
Over the years, scholars have advanced the idea that Human Capacity Building feeds the complex web where education, innovation, growth and employment are […]
Will voters determine next Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa governors? By ADEYEMI ADELEYE
Since the return of democracy in 1999, several elections have been conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), though not without reservations, hues […]
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 […]
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 […]