The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF’s, warning is clear: every child has the right to education, but Nigeria is failing to uphold this most basic of rights. With one in every five out-of-school children in the world found in Nigeria, the crisis has reached a breaking point. Indeed, Nigeria holds the dubious “world […]

Iran’s escalating water crisis serves as a chilling harbinger for nations grappling with similar vulnerabilities, including Nigeria. Iran faces one of its most severe droughts in decades, exacerbated by chronic water mismanagement, climate change, and overexploitation of resources. A nationwide rainfall deficit of around 45 per cent has left reservoirs critically low, with 80 per […]

The latest report by SBM Intelligence should jolt Nigeria’s leaders into reality. Between July 2024 and June 2025, kidnappers demanded more than N48 billion in ransom. SBM Intelligence’s study titled: “The Locust Business: The Economics of Nigeria’s Kidnap Industry – A 2025 Update” confirmed that N2.56 billion was paid as ransom, with 4,722 civilians abducted […]

Nigeria has once again been jolted by devastating news of boat mishaps, the latest in Sokoto State, where, within just two weeks, multiple accidents left many dead, dozens missing, and families shattered. From Sokoto to Niger and Bayelsa to Jigawa, these tragedies have become frighteningly routine. Between July and August this year alone, more than […]

Living up to his political background as a “progressive”, President Bola Tinubu last week made progress in his drive towards the adoption of state policing when the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, gave their blessing for it. If this plan succeeds, it will break the monopoly of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, established in 1930 […]

One of the greatest threats to Nigeria’s educational system today is examination malpractice. It has spread across secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and even professional qualifying exams, eroding the credibility of our certificates. In 2025, the West African Examination Council, WAEC, withheld the results of 192,089 candidates over malpractice allegations, while in 2024, no fewer than […]

From faraway Brazil, President Bola Tinubu ordered an immediate, “temporary” ban on exportation of unprocessed shea nuts because it is against our economic interests. This message was delivered by Vice President, Kashim Shettima, at a multi-stakeholder meeting at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday last week. The directive was necessitated by the realisation that Nigeria, being […]

The Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor, a vital 187-kilometre lifeline connecting Nigeria’s capital to the North-West, has become synonymous with peril rather than progress. Inaugurated on July 26, 2016, as Nigeria’s first standard-gauge railway, it promised efficient, safe travel compared to the treacherous Abuja-Kaduna highway plagued by bandits and poor maintenance. Yet, nearly a decade later, recurring […]

The recent escape of inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, on August 12, 2025 – coming barely three months after a similar incident at the Ilesha Centre on May 20 and earlier at the Koton Karfe Centre in March – once again exposes the deep rot in Nigeria’s correctional system. Although […]

On August 26, 2025, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, issued a pivotal directive mandating that all banks and licensed operators, such as Opay, Moniepoint, and Palmpay and others, geo-tag their Point of Sale, PoS, machines within 60 days. This measure, set to enforce compliance by October 20, 2025, aims to restrict PoS usage to […]