Unlocking Nigeria’s agriculture sector to promote industrialisation by developing value chains has been a major challenge despite the immense potential the industry holds in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and ensuring food security. Food insecurity remains a significant challenge in Nigeria, with millions of people facing hunger and malnutrition. The major causes can be traced […]

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State recently displayed unnecessary and misplaced aggression towards the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, when the latter sought to visit some Internally Displaced People, IDPs, camps in his state. Following the renewed killings in Benue and Plateau states, Obi decided to […]

The Presidency’s reaction to the latest orgy of herdsmen massacres in the Bokkos areas of Plateau State was trite and routine. From his posh nest in France where he was visiting for the eighth time within two years, President Bola Tinubu directed his media aides to issue a condolence message overflowing with platitudes and empty […]

We view with consternation the alarming measures that retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the Sole Administrator, SOL-AD, of Rivers State, has been taking instead of focusing on his primary job of securing the state while the controversial state of emergency imposed by President Bola Tinubu lasts. Ibas ignored the orders of the Federal High Court […]

It is a common sight in major cities of Nigeria to see young men pushing wheel barrows stocked with gallons in search of water as access to potable water remains a major challenge for majority of city dwellers.  Most city dwellers today rely on private water vendors and boreholes to meet their domestic needs.  Those […]

Like its Christmas sibling, Easter is the end of a season. It is a solemn period between the Lent (the 40-day annual fasting and prayer rites observed by many Christian denominations) and the Easter weekend commemorating the triumphal entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the Crucifixion on Good Friday and the Resurrection on […]

President Bola Tinubu’s December 2025 deadline for the armed forces to end insecurity in Nigeria is a fresh approach to the duties of his office as Commander-in-Chief. It is different from the usual “marching orders” that no longer means anything, even to the military and police personnel. In most cases, the armed forces and police […]

For the downstream sector of our petroleum industry, it is a sigh of relief as the Federal Government has reaffirmed the continuation of supply of crude oil to our domestic refineries in Naira rather than Dollar payments. The policy, which was authorised by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, in October last year, was disrupted in […]

The flashpoint of Nigerian federalism was re-stoked recently at a media company’s event in Abuja where Vice President Kashim Shettima once again beat the shop-worn drum of the status quo. For him, there is nothing wrong with our current federal structure. “The problems we attribute to our federal system,” he was quoted as saying, “often […]

Nigeria reacted furiously to the imposition by United States President, Donald Trump, of 14 per cent tariff on Nigeria’s exports to the USA by “banning” the import of 25 product categories. In line with his campaign promise to even up with countries “cheating” the US on trade, Trump on April 2, 2025 (which he dubbed […]