By Emmanuel Effiong As Mr. Yemi Cardoso marks his first anniversary as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, a key question looms large: has Cardoso’s tenure so far been a success, or has it merely scratched the surface of Nigeria’s deep-rooted economic challenges? From the outset, Cardoso faced an uphill battle. Rising inflation, […]

By Peter Ogbobine The Electricity Act of 2023 (“Act”) marked a significant departure from the previous legislation governing Nigeria’s electricity sector, specifically the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act of 2005, “EPSRA”. The Act consolidated various statutes, including EPSRA, and introduced several key provisions related to regulatory framework, tariff regulation, market structure, consumer rights, investment incentives, and grid […]

By Olufemi Soneye In the face of the challenges in the oil sector, particularly the current tightness in the supply of petrol, it has become fashionable to blame the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, NNPC Ltd, for everything. Last week, it was Professor Pat Utomi who railed and fumed at the NNPC […]

By Kunle Oyatomi Recent fast-moving events in Nigeria under the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu have reminded me of an editor who worked in a popular TV station in Lagos, the nation’s commercial hub. His experience was that as he and his editorial group processed a breaking story to package for the major evening bulletin, […]

By Femi Adeniyi When Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa took over the reins of leadership following the demise of his predecessor, the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, many might have viewed his elevation as a mere twist of fate. Yet, in the ten months since he took office, Aiyedatiwa has demonstrated a remarkable ability to govern, delivering the […]

By LINUS OBOGO In a fractured, fragmented and ruptured polity such as ours, where echoes of visionary leadership are a rarity, that of the late Premier of Nigeria’s defunct Eastern Region, Dr. Michael I. Okpara not only resonated penultimate week, but the embers of his legacy glowed and illuminated the entire hall of Shehu Yar’Adua Centre […]

By YUSUPH OLANIYONU Watching Mrs. Toyin Saraki from far and close quarters for about a decade since I started working for her husband, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, one cannot but take note of the many contrasts she represents. In her looks, her association with young people, many of whom she mentors, and her embrace of modern […]

By TONI KAN A wag once said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This aphorism is important in considering the news from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announcing the sack of the board and executive directors of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending, NIRSAL. Those affected include the […]

By Kayode Akinmade NIGERIA returned to civil rule in 1999 after decades of military dictatorship, but democracy didn’t always bring dividends. Ask the long-suffering people of Ewekoro, Ogun State, who for years watched their businesses ruined and many lives lost on the 70-kilometre Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota-Lagos Expressway. Governors came and promises were made, but the people saw no […]

By Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu The video, which has gone viral on social media, of workers at the headquarters of the Department of State Security, DSS, jubilating over the change of guards at the leadership of the organisation, aptly captures the words of the Christian Holy Book at Proverbs 29:2, which reads, “When the righteous are in authority, the […]