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 […]