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Not only is the coronavirus a health and medical problem, but it also has huge economic challenges. China and the West face severe economic contractions. Cities are shuttered. Multiple industries have closed. Millions have suddenly been rendered jobless. Supply chains have busted. Economic activity is a fraction of what it was before. Deep recessions are […]

Eerie silence shrouds the world, broken only by ambulance sirens, echoing down deserted streets in cities across nations which have virtually shut down. As covid-19 ravages the globe, more and more governments in many countries have imposed social isolation policies amid border closures and lockdowns. Hospitals across the world seem unprepared to cope with covid-19; […]

As at the last count, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 111 cases of the deadly Coronavirus in Nigeria. Compared to the statistics in many countries, this figure is low but it is rapidly rising. In the absence of a cure, the best weapon remains prevention. Social distancing to stop the virus from […]

There are strong indications that the dethronement of former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, his banishment and immediate replacement with Aminu Bayero by Kano State governor, Umar Ganduje may have backfired with far-reaching implications for the political power play in Kano, and the presidential and governorship election in 2023. From his brief stint in […]

The protracted political tremor that rumbled around the palace of Kano’s traditional ruler, Muhammadu Sanusi II, climaxed in his dethronement yesterday. In 24 hours, the Kano State government unleashed a series of powerful seismic activities that witnessed the holding of an emergency executive council meeting. Heavily armed security men then blockaded the entrance and exit […]

The vultures are gathering around the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. They are gathering, ready to devour him. The forces against him are relentless, and they have been plotting and circling him for months to pull him down. Those who smiled with him in the morning and hid […]

On the day the Senate observed that Nigeria was not prepared for the outbreak of coronavirus, the dreaded virus hit the country, with the confirmed case of an Italian on business trip to Ogun State.   On the floor of the Senate on that Thursday, members of the hallowed chamber had argued that contrary to […]

Here is the main problem with Nigeria’s electricity sector: Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, but it has failed consistently to generate, transmit and distribute enough electricity to power its development process and accelerate economic growth. Between 1999 and 2007, President Olusegun Obasanjo focused on the reform of the electricity sector as one of the […]

The dramatic turn of events in Bayelsa State which has fueled renewed calls for Adams Oshiomhole to step down as chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is disgraceful and embarrassing to say the least. The rancorous and highly distracting smothering crisis has seen the APC secretariat in the capital city, Abuja, besieged by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commemorated the second anniversary of the abduction of Leah Sharibu, the remaining Dapchi schoolgirl in captivity, with a vow to ensure her release. It is incredible to note that she is still in captivity. Sharibu was one of the 110 schoolgirls, aged between 11 and 19 years, kidnapped by Boko Haram […]

Quite predictably, the clampdown on commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada by the Lagos State government ostensibly in enforcement of the transport sector reform law of 2018 has generated mixed reactions. The law bans the motorcycles from plying certain major routes in six LGAs – Apapa, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland and Surulere. In […]

The latest report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that over 100,000 Nigerian children less than five years of age die each year due to cholera and other water-borne diseases is scandalous and unacceptable; and a very sad reminder of the endemic poverty of most Nigerians coupled with poor sanitary condition across the country. […]