Housing families of fallen heroes
The commissioning of 50 energy-efficient homes for wives of fallen military personnel in Ibadan is a reminder that the nation’s obligation to those who die defending it does not end with a funeral. Delivered through PHDL, Family Homes Funds Limited and other partners, the homes offer security and dignity to families who have paid a […]
Need for special prisons for terrorists
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 […]
A clarion call for agrarian renewal
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 […]
International flights: The case for a Naira-only mandate
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 […]
CBN should revisit its new POS rule
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” […]
Making the Student Venture Capital Grant successful
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 […]
