Let’s be clear, Aliko Dangote is not running a charity. He is a businessman. His $20 billion refinery project is, first and foremost, a business designed to be profitable, enhance market power, and gain a toehold in the global oil…
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…
In recent times, the Tinubu Administration has been exhibiting a worrisome fixation on taxation as the primary source of revenue. Fresh charges, levies, and duties are continually introduced or floated, sometimes without a concomitant effort at improving the economic welfare…
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…
The world watched as Simon Ekpa, a controversial leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, was tried and sentenced to six years in a Finnish court for terrorism-related offenses. Justice in Finland moved swiftly. Evidence was presented, charges were addressed,…
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…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has done it again. No, not contesting elections —that part is old news, but declaring that he will contest. If politics had a Guinness World Record category for “Most Repeated Declarations of Interest,” Atiku would…
In a bitter irony of fate, the same man who declared that “we cannot continue to tax poverty” has overseen a tidal wave of taxes and levies pushing Nigeria further into the abyss of pauperisation. Taxes should be tools of…
Until recently, it was rare to see passengers in Nigerian airports face real consequences for unruly behaviour. Staff were often on the receiving end of insults or even physical harassment, while management hesitated to sanction offending travellers for fear of…
Barely midway into the current administration’s term, the political atmosphere is alreadg thick with 2027 calculations. Party caucuses are sketching out coalitions, former leaders are flirting with comebacks,, and political tacticians are working overtime amassing war chests. But outside these…
When nurses strike, any sensible nation should panic.When the people who tend to the ill choose protest over patients, then the system is not just cracked, it’s crumbling.This week, Nigerian nurses embarked on a seven-day warning strike, led by the…
The recent standoff between the Nigerian Senate and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan offers a revealing window into the contentious relationship between the legislature and judiciary — both pillars of democracy now stuck in implicit contempt. After a judgment by Justice Binta…
Finally, with the departure of Muhammadu Buhari from this world, Nigeria has been left with the resonance of his leadership — a legacy written not only in policy and projects but in wounds, struggles, and silence that characterized his time…
Tomorrow, Lagosians by the millions will stand in line to vote in the Local Government Area elections. On paper, this should be one of the most consequential dates on the state’s democratic calendar. But unfortunately, in practice, it has often…
Nigeria is once more at the point of political reinvention, or should we say, repetition. As the 2027 general elections begin casting their long shadow, a new political alignment with fanfare and old faces has emerged. Maybe not so new…