Latest figures from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, indicate that Nigeria’s non-oil export sector recorded a healthy rise despite the severe security challenges occasioned by occupation of our forests and farmlands by armed criminals. Export of unprocessed raw materials fetched the nation N2.9trn by September 2025 compared to N1.174trn by September of 2024. This […]

The savage attack that took place in Benin City, Edo State, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 could be a sign that Nigerians might be in for a violent campaign and general election season. African Democratic Congress, ADC, leaders, including former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, gathered in the home of one of the party’s national […]

The recent petroleum industry directive issued by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stirred a necessary national conversation about reform, transparency and constitutional balance in Nigeria. The order, titled: “Presidential Executive Order to Safeguard Federation Oil and Gas Reserves and Provide Regulatory Clarity, 2026” seeks to tighten remittance procedures for oil revenues, an intervention aimed at […]

When markets fall silent, and highways lie deserted on what should be bustling workdays, the cost is not merely political; it is profoundly economic. Across parts of Nigeria’s South-East, sit-at-home orders, originally framed as a protest tactic by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have evolved into a recurring paralysis of daily life. What began […]

The Reverend Jesse Jackson established his eternal iconography when he leveraged his Rainbow-PUSH coalition to the Democratic National Convention in 1984, coming third behind Walter Mondale and Gary Hart in the race for the party’s presidential ticket. He also stood in 1989. He was regarded as the very heartbeat of American conscience. With his passing […]

With barely a year into the midterm stretch of this administration, the drums of 2027 are already beating loudly across Nigeria’s political landscape. Billboards are resurfacing. Consultations are under way. Strategic defections are being plotted. Subtle campaign machinery is grinding into motion. It is as though governance has been politely excused from the room to […]

The disclosure by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Mohammed Ali Pate, before the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services, during the 2026 budget defence that only ?36 million out of an approved ?218 billion capital budget for the ministry in 2025 was actually released for capital expenditure is not just troubling […]

The 2026 budget defence exercise by the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, before the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence provided the platform for the perceived funding controversies of the sector to be brought to the public space. Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Office of the National Security Adviser, Mohammed Sanusi, grumbled that […]

Hopes that the Electoral Act Amendment would be given an undiluted and cast-iron provision for real-time electronic transfer of results from the polling station to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were dashed last week Tuesday, at the rescheduled sitting of the House of Representatives. The House, which had earlier passed the […]

In a world increasingly defined by noise and division, the rare convergence of Ramadan and Lent offers a quiet but profound reminder: faith, at its core, calls humanity to reflection, restraint and renewal. This year, as Muslims begin the fasting month of Ramadan and Christians enter the solemn season of Lent at the same time, […]