The Super Falcons’ quarter-final exit from the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco is more than another painful sporting disappointment. It should be the moment Nigeria finally confronts the deep weaknesses in its football system and begin the difficult task of rebuilding. Nigeria’s 1-0 defeat by Cameroon ended the Falcons’ defence of their […]

The call by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) for President Bola Tinubu to mandate major fintechs to list on the Nigerian stock market deserves serious attention. NGX Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Temi Popoola made the appeal during an engagement with the President, against the background of the Exchange’s drive to deepen Nigeria’s capital […]

Nigeria’s school-abduction crisis has become a grim instrument of terror, ransom, and psychological warfare. Jihadist groups, bandits, and kidnappers have learned that children are especially valuable hostages. Their abduction paralyzes communities, terrifies parents, and places enormous pressure on governments. Mass school abductions are generally traced to Boko Haram’s seizure of 276 girls from Government Girls […]

Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir’s recent outburst was reckless rhetoric and a dangerous provocation that well-meaning Nigerians have condemned. Speaking at the Kano State Government’s mass wedding for 1,500 couples, in the presence of Governors Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano and Umar Namadi of Jigawa, Jingir urged Muslims to sustain the Muslim-Muslim ticket. He referred to […]

The perceived stripping of metal fittings from a flyover bridge around Alakija, Lagos, is another frightening reminder of the growing menace of infrastructure vandalism in Nigeria. The incident was serious enough to attract Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the scene, while the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, also weighed in on the danger posed by the […]