The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation led by Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has delivered a defining moment in Nigeria’s war against terrorism. In four extraordinary days, ten ebullient judges secured 386 convictions from 508 terrorism cases at the Federal High Court in Abuja. With phase ten scheduled for June, the Federal Government has made […]

At the 2026 Vanguard Economic Discourse, held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island in Lagos, on Wednesday, April 22, a profound truth echoed through the halls: Nigeria’s path to true sovereignty is paved not with oil, but with soil. The event, co-chaired by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, and the Minister of Livestock […]

In the high-stakes theatre of global aviation, Nigeria has long been a leading actor, providing one of the most lucrative hubs for international carriers in Africa. Yet, a troubling subtext has emerged in our hangars: the growing insistence by some foreign airlines to price and sell tickets exclusively in US Dollars. As we navigate the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has never lacked the impulse for reforms. Its recent directive restricting each Point-of-Sale, PoS, operator to a single terminal is clearly born of a noble intent: to sanitise an informal sector that has occasionally become a playground for bad actors. By seeking to track every Kobo through a “one-agent-one-principal” […]

For decades, the Nigerian university system has operated as a conveyor belt, dutifully delivering thousands of graduates into an economy that has no room for them. Our ivory towers became factories of frustration, producing “job-seekers” whose primary skill was the desperate distribution of CVs. However, the recent launch of the N2.5 billion Student Venture Capital […]

For 19 years, Nigeria has bled under the scourge of Islamic terrorism. From the early days of the Boko Haram uprising to the present-day hydra-headed monster of ISWAP, Fulani herdsmen and “bandit” alliances, the recipe for Nigeria’s survival has always been simple: justice. Yet, the Federal Government continues to serve Nigerians the bitter, indigestible pill […]

Nigerians, especially those in the rural areas, live with the ever-present pollution of their only sources of potable water – springs, streams and small rivers. This is mostly due to lack of government diligent attention to the welfare of the people and outright lawlessness by citizens, including corporate citizens. The people of Amankwo of Agbada […]

Many major cities in Nigeria are today suffocating beneath the weight of their growth. With a population that is swelling every day,  cities like Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and Abuja are now confronted by major  housing deficits  — a situation that ought to spur every tier of government into urgent, coordinated action. This is no […]

Nigeria’s democratic journey, hard-won after decades of military struggle, currently teeters on the edge of a precipice. The brewing crisis within the African Democratic Congress, ADC, is not merely an internal party squabble; it is a litmus test for the resilience of our constitutional order. When an interim leadership led by David Mark and Rauf […]

Two years have passed since the dark clouds of the Okuama tragedy gathered over the creeks of Delta State. The brutal ambush and killing of 17 Nigerian Army personnel in March 2024 was a national catastrophe that no civilised society should tolerate. It sparked a military reprisal that levelled Okuama, with many detained. In the […]