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...
The Federal Government’s decision to impose a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel, purportedly to protect local refineries has once again ignited concern...
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...
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate may have dropped to 18.02 percent in September, a three-year low; but to the average Nigerian, the numbers feel like mockery. National...
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,...
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...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday shifted the arraignment of politician and activist Omoyele Sowore to a later date in the defamation case filed...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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 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...
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...
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...