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Town-gown misalignment
The misalignment between town and gown in Nigeria is increasingly becoming an object of national concern; whilst…
Executive-legislative faceoff
The Nigerian presidency and the upper chamber of the National Assembly have suspended governance to focus on fight…
Allure of Europe through the Mediterranean
Beginning from the 1990s, many West Africans, unable to get visas to Europe or the United States, and to escape…
A lawless country!
On Tuesday, October 4 2016, the court of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) declared the arrest…
Benzoic acid and consumer safety
Consumer safety is a serious issue globally. As such, world bodies as well as individual countries set up agencies…
Nigeria’s declining internet users
Recent data from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) indicates the beginning of a worrying trend in…
CBN and exchange rate
Last week Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria signalled its intention to continue with policies that have narrowed…
Nigeria’s expensive debts
This week the National Assembly approved president Muhammadu Buhari’s request to raise additional $500 million…
Public-private partnership in Nigeria
The present administration came to power with a kind of messianic complex and a rock solid belief in a socialist…
Between the Senate and Ali
Two weeks ago, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Hammed Ali (rdt) ordered owners of…
A presidency in disarray
Last week, the Senate, for the second time, rejected the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman of the…
Herdsmen and food security
For over 18 months now, herdsmen have wreaked havoc on farmlands, killing farmers and destroying crops worth…