Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for urgent and sustained investments in education, healthcare, nutrition, and skills development to reverse the decline in human capital outcomes across Northern Nigeria and unlock the region’s immense potential.

The United States, US Vice President JD Vance, returned home from Switzerland this Monday, June 22, 2026, announcing that the foundations of peace with Iran have been laid. But in reality, there are many obstacles to the peace deal. These include President Donald Trump threatening to level Iran if it again shuts the Strait of Hormuz. […]

While complaining about knee-jerk Nigerian defeatism on this page last week, I pointed out that it’s ridiculous for Nigerians to throw their hands up in despair or resignation and assume that domineering leaders are omnipotent, invincible and in complete control. I said that whenever people assure me that Tinubu will definitely win next year’s election by a […]

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja The Amahoro Coalition has called on businesses and investors to stop viewing internally displaced persons, IDPs, and refugees as a humanitarian burden and instead see them as a viable workforce capable of driving economic growth, particularly in agriculture and other productive sectors. The call was made on Thursday in Abuja during […]

MIDWEEK, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment bill that will now establish state police in our country. The bill, an executive initiative transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, officially sets the stage to dismantle the decades-old unitary structure of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and replace it with a dual model. That new, dual […]