The recent decision by the Federal Government to share the cost of paying electricity subsidies with the States and Local Government Areas, LGAs, is a consequential adjustment to the current realities in our power sector environment. It is another determined effort to reduce the parasitic dependence of sub-national governments on the centre. At a recent […]

The debate over local government autonomy in Nigeria continues to rage, raising an important question: will financial independence for local governments truly translate into development at the grass-roots? For decades, advocates have argued that granting local governments direct control over their funds will accelerate grass-roots development. Yet, while financial autonomy is an important step, it […]

Few reforms promise to restore public confidence in Nigeria’s elections like electronic transmission of results. In a country where ballot snatching, result manipulation, electoral violence and manual collation have too often cast shadows over the people’s will, e-transmission offers speed, transparency and traceability. Yet technology alone cannot guarantee credibility. To make e-transmission truly work, Nigeria […]

The controversy over the statement attributed to Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Olufemi Oluyede, that many indigenes of communities under the siege of insecurity collude with terrorists and bandits, is unnecessary. It is not only a statement of fact, it is one of the reasons that terrorism and insurgency have remained intractable after 17 years […]

In a move that underscores both promise and paradox, the State House at the presidential complex in Abuja has announced plans to disconnect from Nigeria’s notoriously unreliable national grid this March, fully embracing solar power. State House Permanent Secretary. Temitope Fashedemi, revealed during the Senate’s 2026 budget defence on February 11, 2026, that the project, […]