Opinion

By Admin This year’s Workers’ Day is coming at a time of great economic turmoil in Nigeria. Those who toil day and night to produce the goods and services that sustain our lives are bearing the greatest brunt. Coincidentally, the 2024 event is happening as the federal and most sub-national governments are planning to celebrate…

By Anthony Kila A big drama in town came to the general public’s attention thanks to the encounter on a road called Benghazi in Abuja, Nigeria. In case you missed it, what happened on the road called Benghazi was the failed attempt by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to take…

By Admin On May 29, 2023, when the mantle of leadership was handed over to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he announced, through a presidential fiat, that fuel subsidy was gone. And, without much consultations, it has come to pass. And today, Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, sells for between N617, N730 and N800 per litre. That…

By Lere Olayinka Nigerians have always been sentimental about issues concerning Politically Exposed Persons and it is understandable. I still remember what many Nigerians said about Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) then. What has happened to Dasuki and all the Arms Money they claimed he stole? Has anyone been convicted on the basis of the basis…

By Prof Abdulakarim Bobade Nigerians on Wednesday woke up to the sordid spectacle of a large contingent of heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission swooping on an entire street in the nation’s capital, Abuja, and surrounding the home of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello ostensibly to arrest him to face…

By Admin With the consciousness that his set objectives are sacrosanct, the General Manager of Mighty Jets international FC of Jos, Ferdinand Mbum has reeled out some of his achievements at the club since his assumption of office. The Club, renowned for its rich history as one of the few in the early days of…

By Hon Eseme Eyiboh The 85 year-old renowned Belgian painter and writer, Erik Pervernagie, says: “People die from lack of shared empathy and affinity. By establishing social connectedness, we give hope a chance and the other can become heaven (“Le ciel c’est l’autre”). No institution has been so disparaged and stigmatised as the Nigeria Police….

By Admin During the first board meeting of THE NIGERIA STANDARD newspapers on October 31, 1972, its founder, the legendary Joseph Dechi Gomwalk, stated: “I believe that it is in the interest of good government and healthy society that a variety of organs are available for the effective enlightenment of our people on matters affecting…

A NAN Survey Some stakeholders in Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa states have called on governments and spirited individuals to always adopt decentralised and systematic measures in the distribution of palliatives to avoid stampede. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Wednesday in Lokoja, Minna and Lafia that such measures had…

By Rt. Hon Eseme Eyiboh President of Nigeria’s Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has in faraway Geneva, Switzerland at the ongoing 148th Session of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) took the bull by the horns when in an audacious display of depth and the Nigerian spirit called for action towards an enduring ceasefire and peace…