President Bola Tinubu said yesterday that oil subsidy and exchange rate cabals are wishing him dead, following the twin policies he introduced when he assumed office in 2023.

By Theodore Opara Carloha Nigeria, authorised dealer of Chery vehicles in Nigeria, has achieved a significant international milestone after winning two prestigious global awards at the just concluded 2026 Chery Global Summit and Beijing International Automotive Exhibition held in China. The company received the New Star Award and the Brand Leap Contribution Award in recognition […]

.. I will consolidate on Zulum’s gains – Gubio By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima following the emergence of Mustapha Gubio as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. Speaking shortly after […]

Lord Palmerston, a 19th-century British Prime Minister, famously coined the saying: “There are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests.” He was talking about relations between nations. However, Nigerian politicians have unashamedly hijacked the maxim to justify their utterly unprincipled,chameleonic behaviour. Nigeria is a country where politicians go to bed saying one thing and […]

By Omooba Alabi It is no longer news that Ekiti State has a date with history on 20th June 2026. That date is set for the gubernatorial election to determine the next tenant of Oke Ayoba, the official residence of the Ekiti State Governor. As at last count, the race had thrown up thirteen contestants. Among […]

Structured reasoning determines how intelligent people think you are. Not what you know. Not how creative you are. Not how hard you’ve worked, but how clearly you organize and present your thinking. This is non-negotiable. Your emails get read or ignored based on it. Your essays earn distinctions or mediocre grades based on it. Your business […]

The political atmosphere in Ekiti State received a major boost with the emergence of Dr. Olusegun Ayodele Osinkolu as the consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ekiti North Senatorial District, a development widely described as a strategic political realignment capable of reshaping the political calculations ahead of the June 20 governorship […]

When I stepped out of the main auditorium of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) to welcome Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, Obi of Onitsha, to TheNiche lecture on April 23, 2026, I knew the sacrifice he made to be there. Yet, my “thank you Agbogidi for coming” greeting was gently rebuffed with a riposte: “I wasn’t […]

By Moshood Oshunfurewa The Federal Government’s recent introduction of a National Textbook Ranking System has sparked fresh debate within Nigeria’s education sector. On the surface, the initiative appears commendable. Any policy aimed at improving the quality of textbooks in our schools deserves careful consideration and, where appropriate, support. However, while ranking textbooks may create the appearance […]

Nigeria’s democracy is not dying loudly. There are no soldiers on the streets, no formal suspension of the constitution. The damage is quieter and, for that reason, far more dangerous. It happens through manipulation of processes, selective application of rules and the steady capture of institutions that were created to keep power in check. At […]