A friend of mine reached out to me recently. He needed assistance to pay his children’s school fees. He is not alone. Earlier in the week, I read a news report that “some parents in Enugu metropolis have expressed worry over what they described as `unbearable’ increase in tuition fees and levies charged by most private and […]

Two strong disruptions to Nigeria’s democratic flow in March 2025 were seemingly repaired recently with the dramatic restoration of Governor Siminilayi Fubara to the helm of affairs in Rivers State and the reinstatement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the Senate after months of suspension.  On the surface, both restorations may appear as victories for democracy, yet when […]

Humans are created with two legs. We use them mainly for mobility and for balance. Medical Science has since found though, that legs serve a lot more uses than just mobility and balance. Certain ailments for example, can be suspected just by looking at the condition of one’s legs. Healthy legs can therefore indicate healthy hearts and […]

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Nigeria’s lifeline from decades of rot in the petroleum downstream, has to fight every inch for its turf. The fight started 18 years ago, when the refinery was only an idea.  In 2007, those who swore that a refinery – any refinery, public or private – would only work over their dead […]

RIGHT now, the 80th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA is holding in New York, the United States. This year, unlike on previous occasions, our president is not attending. Instead, Vice President Kashim Shettima is standing in for the president and has already delivered the Nigerian national address to the UN body. The key takeaways from the speech […]