Ramping up solar option to close energy gap
Nigeria’s electricity crisis indicts decades of failed planning. For a population approaching 240 million, the national grid remains unreliable, while millions lack access altogether. The World Bank’s access series put electricity access at 62.5 per cent in 2024; the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) says more than 85 million people remain without grid power. Installed […]
No, EFCC, No
THERE is no doubt that corruption is a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabrics of Nigerian body politics. No institution, both public and private is spared this spectre that is yawning menacingly at our polity. Over the years, the nation’s rating in corruption perception index on international scale has dropped drastically.
Nigeria’s loans —traps, trappings
LOANS are wonderful financial instruments, depending on who is borrowing, the lender, the purpose of the loans, and the sincerity of those who are proposing them.
Babatunde Aliyu Fafunwa (1923-2010)
PROFESSOR Aliyu Babatunde Fafunwa, former Minister of Education died at 87, yet the mourning of his passing on was like that one who departed too early.
Returning Aba to its feet
ABA and Onitsha are cities in the South-East of Nigeria with an importance that sets them apart. They have never been regional or even state capitals, yet they tower above most of the “A” grade urban metropolises in Nigeria, most of which enjoy the status of political capitals.
When will election riggers ever be punished?
FOR the fourth time in three years, electoral tribunals have ousted governors after lengthy judicial processes that have exposed the ineffectiveness of electoral tribunals in granting justice timely.
