Opinion

By Dr. Sule Ya’u Sule    The year 2019 can be described as a watershed in the history of border security management in Nigeria. It was the year the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) provided solutions towards addressing the nation’s seemingly intractable border security management problems.  In the year under review, the outfit, under the visionary…

The world is a stage and all the men and women are mere players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time Plays many parts…… Williams Shakespeare –As you like it. This popular and enduring saying of world’s foremost literary giant of all times is a constant reminder of the…

By: Buhari Sani Omolori. The 21st-century mind is expected to be the most refined, most coherent and most advanced in knowledge. That is why it is surprising to see a Federal High Court ruled out of ignorance and to see a king heavily burdened by expansionism, and constantly fanning dangerous fires amongst people who have…

Experts have said that the move by the federal government to diversify the economy for efficiency and effective performance, particularly, after the COVID-19 pandemic, can be better achieved through the completion and operation of the Ajaojuta steel company. The company has remained moribund for over 40 years after it’s foundation stone was laid by late…

It is clear by now that Adams Oshiomhole’s suspension may not put Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the path to peace. Many Nigerians, rightly or wrongly, see Mr Oshiomhole as a major obstacle to stability in APC, even though the party’s crisis appears deep-rooted and beyond the suspended chairman. But he is a part of…

The madness behind the numbers Once upon a time, Nigeria discovered oil. Soon enough, it became our main source of livelihood, the foundation upon which our national budget rests, and the one commodity that provides most of our forex inflows. To be able to extract value from this oil, we created refineries – all of…

I chanced on a senior politician from Katsina who felt so disappointed and absolutely disgusted with the state of insecurity in the Northern states and especially his home state that he told me that almost the greater percentage of the people feeling the impacts of the mass slaughter/massacre as he calls it are simply fed up…

By Atiku Abubakar Nothing has shocked me in my entire life in public service as the revelation from Nigeria’s First Quarter 2020 financial reports in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy from the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, which shows, alarmingly, that whereas Nigeria spent a total sum of ₦943.12…

PRESS RELEASE It was with great shock and serious embarrassment to the people that the Attah Igala Palace viewed the report on Channels Television News at 10pm on Sunday, June 14, 2020 concerning the interview granted by His Royal Majesty, Agabaidu, Attah Igala, Dr. Idakwo Michael Ameh Oboni II. The Palace which holds Channels Television…

Those who think they can curry favour or earn ranks by fighting dirty in the “perceived” feud between Symbol and Ileri Oluwa, be conscious of history and apply decorum. Should this end in Mutual Assured Destruction, history will not absolve you! It is either you are on a mission and sponsorship of destabilising the party…