Corporate Nigeria’s capital conviction: Who is spending, and what the numbers say
By Nyong Ibanga Seven of the largest companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange collectively deployed more than N2.5 trillion in capital expenditure during the 2025 financial year, and their unaudited interim results for the first half of 2026 show that the pace has not slowed. An analysis of audited annual reports and half-year financial statements […]
The wrong time to narrow the ballot
In a fragile democracy, legality is not enough. Timing, perception and public trust determine whether procedure strengthens the republic — or weakens it. By Philip Obazee There is always a legal language available for political decisions. Laws have clauses. Constitutions have thresholds. Courts have jurisdiction. Electoral bodies have mandates. Political parties have obligations. In that […]
Nigeria’s loss, America’s gain: Folarin Balogun shines as U.S. opens its World Cup campaign
By Paul Lucky Okoku From Nearly Empty College Bleachers Decades Ago to Packed World Cup Stadiums in 2026, America’s Football Journey Has Become Personal Football’s growth in America was never a question of possibility. It was only a question of time. Permit me, respectfully, to call it football. Most of the world knows the game […]
Hot Money or First Stage of Recovering Confidence? By Tanimu Yakubu
…a response to an unsigned commentary on Nigeria’s capital inflows By Tanimu Yakubu The unsigned commentary under review presents itself as a forensic examination of Nigeria’s recent capital-importation figures. Its central thesis is that because a substantial proportion of recent inflows entered Treasury bills and other money-market instruments rather than factories and industrial enterprises, the inflows should […]
General Olufemi Oluyede: The man steering Nigeria’s defence into a new era
By Sambo Sule In the crucible of a nation forged by resilience, where shadows of uncertainty stretch long across savannah and coast, General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede emerges as a beacon of unyielding resolve. Like the ancient warriors of Ekiti soil—steadfast sentinels against tempests—he now stands at the helm of Nigeria’s Armed Forces as Chief of […]
Fifty thousand is not the number that matters
On Democracy Day the President promised more than fifty thousand new police officers. The pledge is welcome and overdue. But the measure behind it—how many police we keep for each citizen—is the wrong way to ask whether Nigerians will be safer. By Philip Obazee On the morning of the twelfth of June, in an address […]
