The Editorial Board

Nigerians enter this Monday the first week of the lockdown declared across the country. It commenced on Thursday 26 March in most states. The call is on all citizens to stay home to curtail…

GTBank scores a major positive for corporate Nigeria today with the opening of a new 100-bed hospital it has built for the management of the growing cases of coronavirus disease. The Onikan…

Many poor Nigerians can't afford to fall ill, much less survive the coronavirus pandemic or a total lockdown to contain it; it would cost them their lives. After years of neglect and…

As Nigeria faces perhaps its biggest economic test in decades, the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to convert the N4.4 trillion the federal government owes it into securities shows…

As the number of cases with Covid-19, the novel coronavirus, rises in Nigeria implementing measures required to contain the deadly virus such as rapid testing and social distancing will test…

The global upheaval caused by covid-19, the novel coronavirus, has shocked authorities in Nigeria to action. While commendable, the ministry of finance and the central bank must be bold and…

Almost always, when an individual, a group or society as a whole fail to do the right thing or to put checks and balances in place to guide the way things are done, that society has a price…

The House of Representatives has deferred debate on the Federal Government’s request for approval of a $22.7 billion loan that it would source from at least four lenders. The action of the…

Nigeria risks eroding the gains it has made tackling the threat of the spread of covid-19 by allowing travellers from high-risk countries into Nigeria. We call on the government to…

China, the factory of the world and a big importer of Nigeria's crude oil, has sneezed and the world economy has caught a cold. But it's no common cold. Not much is known about this more…