Editorial

Preventing the kind of explosion that killed five persons, injured 77 and damaged 58 houses in Ibadan must require much more than the executive order signed into law by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde.

The significance of the state visit, penultimate Tuesday, (precisely January 23) of the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken to Nigeria cannot be underrated against the backdrop of existing relationship between the two countries..

The N2.267 Budget of Lagos State Government signed into law for this year 2024 is certainly hefty, at least when compared with the budgets of virtually all other states in the country.

At long last, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery Project, Africa’s much-talked-about biggest oil refinery, has recently begun operations with the production of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and Jet A1 or aviation fuel...

There should be massive recruitment of Nigerians into the police force and the establishment of more police stations that should be adequately equipped not just to match the strength of the criminal gangs but to be able to subdue them.

The fact that terrorists, kidnappers and other criminals now constantly have a field day killing innocent citizens and holding many others captive for as long as it takes for their demands to be met is a dangerous and depressing signal for Nigeria.

The granting of tax waivers to selected businesses in certain sectors of the economy has come under some close scrutiny by many Nigerians. There have been questions as to whether these waivers are in the overall interest of the economy.

The global recognition by Forbes of Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the World’s leading women is a manifestation of Nigeria as home to some of the world’s best in terms of human resources.

There are currently many other pending cases including that of seven young men who were arrested by the police and charged with conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms at the Magistrate Court Yaba. Narrating their ordeal, the young men said they were picked up from various places on Victoria

The eventual delivery of justice on a sex offender, Olawale Olarewaju, after he was practically abandoned in prison for eight years, speaks volumes of the crass misnomer in Nigeria’s justice administration system.

Report that some specialised universities in Nigeria are veering away from their specific academic mandate to attract more students patronage is worrisome because it can derail the official objective behind the establishment of the institutions in the first place.

The recent position of the Senate urging the Federal Government to withhold statutory allocation to local councils without democratically elected leaders is yet another pointer to the lingering constitutional abnormality afflicting most local governments in the country.