Nigeria controls over 70% of West, Central African cargo traffic — Dantsoho
By Efe Onodjae President of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa, PMAWCA, Abubakar Dantsoho, has said Nigeria currently accounts for over 70 per cent of cargo traffic within the West and Central African sub-region. Dantsoho, who is also the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, disclosed this at the closing […]
How to ask questions that show you’re really thinking, by Ruth Oji
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 […]
Osinkolu wins PDP candidacy, boosts Oluyede, reinforces support for Tinubu
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 […]
Agbogidi: His Royal Majesty, my friend, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
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 […]
Conversation on national textbook ranking system
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 […]
To protect our democracy, INEC, Judiciary must be free
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 […]
