Editorial

It is unbelievable that the Federal Government could scoff at the threat by terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari. The terrorists that kidnapped passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train in March had on July 5 released a video where…

Nigerians and indeed the entire humanity is reeling in shock over the brutal killing of a 200-level student of Home Economics at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The young woman, identified as Deborah Yakubu, was killed by…

Nigerians were last week jolted by the news that a Nigerian soldier arrested for colluding with the Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Geidam in Yobe State, has committed suicide. According to the…

The National Assembly, NASS, last week, rejected a Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the 1999 constitution to provide for affirmative action and increased participation of women in government. There had been moves via a bill at…

Ikoyi collapsed building continues to generate interest among Lagos residents and Nigerians in general. The dust raised by the collapse of 21-storey luxury apartment building in Ikoyi, Lagos is yet to settle and may take long to resolve…

A dreadful vista was opened by “bandits”, terrorising the North-west of the country with the destruction of the Abuja-Kaduna railway line and gun attack on a train last week. Passengers in the two trains involved in the arson luckily…

More than two weeks have passed after the brutal murder of Dr. Chike Akunyili, medical doctor, philanthropist and husband of the late Dora Akunyili, ex-minister of information and communications. Dr. Akunyili was shot dead by “unknown…

W hen in a no-holds-barred interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, a former naval officer, Commodore Kunle Olawunmi (rtd.), alleged that terrorists had named governors, senators and officials in the…

The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, gave a damning verdict on the Nigeria Police last Thursday, pointedly telling the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman Baba, that the force cannot police the state. Citizens in 32 of the…

In what appears like proferring a desperate solution to a desperate problem, the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, left many astonished last week with his advice to citizens resident in areas prone to bandits attacks in the state to…