Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall
Nigeria’s fertiliser paradox is becoming harder to ignore. The country now possesses fertiliser production capacity, yet farmers are applying nowhere near enough nutrients to unlock its agricultural potential. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says national fertiliser consumption is about 18.6 kilogrammes per hectare, against the 50kg/ha benchmark associated with the 2006 Abuja […]
Creditworthiness scheme and NIN
The Bola Tinubu administration has, through several policy measures, demonstrated commendable interest in extending credit facilities to the youth and needy to promote financial inclusion. The first was the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, which was inaugurated in 2024. It was created to offer indigent students of tertiary institutions interest-free loans which would be repaid […]
ECOWAS must dialogue with AES
President Bola Tinubu last week handed over the affairs of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to his successor, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, with obvious sigh of relief after his two-year tenure. Under him, the Community split in two, with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger moving away to form the […]
Addressing our water crisis
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 […]
Mokwa flood as a warning signal
Mokwa and other nearby communities in Niger State are still bleeding profusely from the flood disaster of May 28, 2025, which took about 200 lives (with about 500 still missing), demolished 265 homes, damaged 3,000 others and rendered over 5,000 individuals refugees in their home towns. This tragedy could have been avoided if our governments […]
Prosecution of June 12 culprits
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP’s, call on President Bola Tinubu to bring the instigators of the June 12, 1993 presidential election annulment to justice is very thought-provoking. A recent statement by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, called for the investigation and prosecution of those found culpable regardless of their current political affiliation. This call […]
