Opinion

The additional claim that Mr Sowore “insulted” the president would make the whole episode laughable, were the liberty and freedom of speech of a citizen not at stake.

Overall, the faceoff between NBC and DAAR Communications raises the urgent imperative of reviewing the NBC Act, which was enacted by the military.

Citizenship is open and inclusive, providing a pathway to belonging to a community by residing in it as a law-abiding member.

Based on INEC’s official result, some of the strong pillars in the eight Assembly have been rejected by their constituencies.

PREMIUM TIMES calls for support for INEC, to help the body conduct credible elections beginning from Saturday.

“We call on President Buhari to reverse his suspension of the CJN and to stand aside for the due process of law to apply on Mr Onnoghen’s alleged infractions.”

President Buhari must abandon his usual silence on matters of national import and restore sanity in this critical health scheme.

The president needs to learn that foreign trips should not be the occasion to demarket Nigeria.

“From the point of view of the quality of life, much of Nigeria still looks like a low-income country.”

PREMIUM TIMES is more worried by the effects of the CBN’s policies on domestic lending conditions.

Mr. Buhari said his government would not “allow irresponsible elements.”

“Lasting solutions should be devised to contain all the fears and agitations of the different groups in the country.”

“Do the leaders of the Buhari administration really believe in the vision set out in the document?”

“President Buhari’s government and economic team, as presently constituted, are not optimally equipped for the fundamental tasks ahead.”

George Foreman: “He meant so much to so many people that he will never die really.”

There is no clear roadmap and convincing strategy document to demonstrate that Mr. Buhari knows how to handle the economy.

“We should not wait till the deed is done, as in Burundi, before sending out fire fighters.”

Nigeria must not allow herself to be turned into a battleground for religious proxy wars.

The 2016 appropriation bill raises enough questions to make us worry about the likelihood of its successful implementation.

Nigeria should be moving to decriminalize defamation, not creating new similar crimes.

“With the present ‘dream team’ of President Buhari it seems about time for Nigeria to return to a national strategic vision.”

“Chief E.K. Clark says Jonathan was a weak President. At what point did he come to that realization?”