Category: Opinion
CGC Gets Bed Space At SOCA
By Segun Odegbami, MON In the early hours of Friday evening, the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (CGC)and Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation Council, Alhaji Dr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, was on his first visit to the Segun Odegbami I...
Opinion: Dangote’s 8,000 New Trucks: The Silent Revolution In Nigeria’s Fuel Economy
By Paul Nwosu. – WHEN billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, recently weighed in on the standoff between the Dangote Refinery and the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), one comment stood out. Beyond applauding the re...
Alleged Sidelining, Marginalization Of Igbos In CGC’s Tenure Extension: Setting The Record Straight
By Okey IBEKE – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on July 30, 2025, extended by one year, the tenure of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Bashiru Adeniyi, MFR, which would have expired on August 31, 2025.According to a...
Opinion: Overzealous Lagos Security Agents Risk Sparking A Revolt
If an uprising similar to those witnessed during the Arab Spring ever erupts in Nigeria, its epicentre will likely be Lagos.The reason is not far-fetched. In Lagos, the conduct of many uniformed security and traffic enforcement officials has become increasingl...
Dantsoho’s Giant Stride At NPA
Apart from the commencement of actual works on the $1billion ports reconstruction, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority with unalloyed support of the performance-driven Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has turned the fort...
President Tinubu, FRSC Needs Your Further Intervention
By Kayode Olagunju I just took another look at the picture of the then Governor Bola Tinubu at the helm of affairs in Lagos proudly donning the uniforms of Special Marshals, the volunteer arm of the Federal Road Safety Corps....
Why Chinese Trucks Now Dominate Nigeria’s Roads, By LSM MD
The Managing Director, Lanre Shittu Motors, Mr. Taiwo Shittu, who recently bagged the Vanguard Newspaper Auto Industry Icon Award, speaks in this interview on the high cost of new vehicles, available options, the national auto policy, and challenges facing aut...
No Excuse For Violence Against Women
By Mohamed M. Fall No cultural practice, tradition, economic, or social pressure can justify the suffering endured by millions of women and girls.Our role is to challenge these harmful narratives.Gender inequality and violence against women remain among the gr...
Tribute To NIWA’s Helmsman On His Birthday Anniversary
By Ismail Omipidan Bola Oyebamiji is a noble man by all standards. Humble. Generous. Hardworking. He is one individual whose love and compassion for community and the less privileged in the society is unrivalled.My close relationship with him in the...
HARRIS, WOMAN FOR WHOM UNITED STATE’S PRESIDENTIAL DOOR OPENED IN 1984
By MOSES AKAIGWE The 50th United State’s presidential election held on Tuesday, November 6, 1984, was very remarkable, not because the incumbent Republican President Ronald Regan defeated his Democratic Party rival, Walter Mondale. No. But, even that was pre...
UN In Nigeria: Charting A Path Towards A Brighter Future
By Mohamed Malick Fall The indescribable destruction caused by the first and second world wars led many to desire an international organization dedicated to maintaining world peace.The United Nations (UN) was therefore established on 24 October 1945, to mainta...
Edo 2024: The Case For Continuity And Sustainability
By Marcel Okeke — By virtually all performance indices, the Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State has done exceptionally well in nearly eight years. Indeed, without equivocation, the ‘Heartbeat of the Nation’ has joined the league of...
Why Multinationals Are Leaving Nigeria, By Minister
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the government is working on the economic and investment climate to attract more multinationals into Nigeria. Edun, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politic...