Opinion

Pedestrian bridges are architectural safety measures provided to eliminate the hazards and dangers pedestrians encounter while crossing roads  in high traffic density areas. Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, is adjudged to be an ideal modern c...

Electricity generating sets have remained a major source of power supply for many Nigerians. Unfortunately, this alternative source of power which the people have continued to rely on has brought more harm to many homes rather than providing succour. O...

Recently, top management of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), led by its Executive Secretary, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim L...

Against the background of some controversies that followed the 2011 elections conducted by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and considering some warnings on the imperative of fair polls in 2015, Ruth Yamta who attended the recent Democr...

The Seventh Senate marked one year as the arrow-head of the nation’s parliament last Wednesday. CHIBUZO UKAIBE in this report looks back at their performance in the year under review. The Seventh Senate marked one year, on Wednesday June 6. But t...

One year after its inauguration by President Goodluck Jonathan, EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE, in this report delivers a synopsis of the Seventh House of Representatives as it marks its first legislative anniversary. When the Seventh House of Representatives was i...

Chairman, House Committee on Cooperation in Africa/NEPAD Hon. Abubakar Momoh represents Etsako East/West/Central Federal Constituency in  the  House of Representatives. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, he blames the on-going violence in Edo...

Chief (Ms) Temitope Labinjo-Ajayi is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian-American Agricultural Empowerment Programme  (NAAEP Ltd) who was recently nominated by the Corporate Council on Africa and the Nigerian Embassy in the USA as...

On 29 May, Nigeria celebrated the 13th anniversary of democracy. The country never had it for this long since the military misadventure to power on January 15, 1966. President Goodluck Jonathan applauded the military for this landmark achievement. BAYO...

The statistics of the state of the Nigerian women and adolescent girls are appalling. Significantly, they are worrisome all over the country, North, South, East or West. Women everywhere in Nigeria have worse life chances than men. Global statistic has...

The President of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Professor Ignatius Onimawo, in this interview with GRACE AZUbuIKE, applauds the cassava bread initiative of the government and says the product is healthier and has more food value than the all-wheat b...

The concept “Democracy” has variations of meanings, ranging from Electoral process, to a liberal democratic system subject to its operational pattern of a given society. Conceptualizations of the concept democracy with the upholding events ...

In rudimentary economics, land is classified as one of the basic requirements for production of goods or services. But the rising crave for this free gift of nature among a few rich class in Nigeria, especially within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT...

Under the yoke of bloody rampage by the militant Islamic Boko Haram sect, against the background of extreme poverty ravaging Northern Nigeria, several remedies are been bandied to broker peace and turn around the flagging fortunes of Arewaland. LOUIS A...

As Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima marks his first year in office amidst security challenges, the governor opens up on why the state cannot be described as a failed state. He also speaks about Nigerian leaders’ obligation to provide honest a...