Editorial (Featured News)

Predictably, the suspension of the 15 percent petrol import duty by the Federal Government has been applauded. Having to bear several months of high fuel prices and raising transport fares, of course any gesture that promises relief is bound to stir hope

When U.S. President Donald Trump announced that America might “intervene” in Nigeria over what he described as the systematic killing of Christians, it sent shock waves across diplomatic circles  and ripples of mixed emotion through the Nigerian church. To many Christians, Trump’s

For a country that prides itself on its democratic tag, Nigeria has an unpleasant penchant for distorting the meaning of justice. The long-drawn trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is a dark pointer to the Nigeria’s unbalanced

Once again, numbers have stirred nerves — this time, the Tinubu government is rejecting a World Bank report that says 130 million Nigerians live in poverty, calling it misleading and politically tinted. As of March 31, 2025, Nigeria owes the World Bank

Having enjoyed 65 years of independence, Nigeria’s economy is a paradox of hope rooted in reform but marred by persisting misery. President Bola No doubt Tinubu’s administration has launched somewhat far-reaching economic reforms, including the removal of fuel subsidy, exchange rate unification,

For decades Nigeria has endured a brutal paradox of sitting atop vast crude reserves while its citizens queue for petrol.  The failure of state-owned refineries at Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, mired in mismanagement, theft and chronic underinvestment had allowed foreign refiners,

When President Bola Tinubu made “subsidy is gone” pronouncement on May 29, Nigerians braced for misery. Weeks on, the suffering has become more profound than anticipated. Transport fares have doubled, prices of foodstuffs are shooting up by the day, and inflation still

For years, oil theft bled Nigeria dry. It was the open secret everyone knew but nobody could stop. From crude stolen from pipelines to illicit refineries flaring across the Niger Delta, the country lost billions of dollars while officials accused each other.Now,