When President Bola Tinubu stumbled and fell on Tuesday as he walked alongside the President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a welcome ceremony in Ankara, his spin doctors went into overdrive in explaining away the incident. That was expected. But in doing so, they lied. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, […]

Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, he was on to something truly transformative if […]

“The over-riding concern of the Supreme Military Council has been the need to ensure good government, orderly progress and harmony of the nation“—  General Olusegun Obasanjo, 21 September 1978 How the overriding concern of Nigeria’s current political dispensation aligns with the imperatives of good government, orderly progress and national harmony will be tested—proved or belied—by the […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, last week, presented the Nigeria Spectrum Roadmap 2026 – 2030 to industry stakeholders. Only the initiates would ever understand why that was ever necessary. Spectrum is not a mere telecoms consumable. It is much more than that.  Spectrum provides the oxygen for the telecoms industry to function. Without spectrum the industry […]

Separatist agitators, politicians who benefit from their divisive politics and others filled with a permanent sense of grievance against other Nigerians and the Nigerian state, have been up in arms against Governor Charles Soludo. He ordered the closure of the main market in Onitsha for an additional one week after traders in the market observed the […]

By Babajide Komolafe Nigeria recorded N5.6 billion in cross-border transactions under the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in the first half of 2025, H1’25, a 53 percent drop from N11.97 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2024, H1’24. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosed this in its Financial Stability Report, June 30th, 2025, which […]

From last week continues General Babangida’s address where he announced that  the AFRC had accepted the principles of grassroot democratic two-party system. He added that: “It is our belief that the system shall (among others):   (g) Ensure the emergence of a new, more dedicated and more genuine leadership cadre, which will not be a mere proxy […]

Every January, Davos becomes a stage where leaders demonstrate stability, credibility, risk, and readiness. The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting does not pass budgets, but it is one of the few global spaces where stories and money meet. In 2026, the meeting took place in a harsher world than expected. Economic tools have become weapons, and […]

 “A canoe does not know who is the leader. When it turns over, everyone gets wet”- African proverb. It would seem like a whole year to the elections, but that would be the perception of people who look at ordinary calendars. Hardened politicians who know the value of time and the challenges of contesting elections will […]

By Dele Sobowale One of the paradoxes of economics is threatening to create a food crisis later during the year. Last year January, escalating food prices dragged headline inflation towards 35 per cent. A 50 kilogram bag of rice was going for N80- 100,000 – depending on location. Governor Bago of Niger State was contemplating placing […]