Can Agriculture Replace Crude? Experts reveal path to Nigeria’s export revival
By Cynthia Alo For more than five decades, crude oil has remained the dominant pillar of Nigeria’s economy, displacing agriculture from the position it once occupied as the country’s major source of revenue and foreign exchange. However, with the global shift towards cleaner energy and growing concerns over the sustainability of oil dependence, experts are […]
Banditry cripples education in Sokoto; historic schools deserted, students relocated
By Musa Ubandawaki, SOKOTO In a reminder of the devastating reach of banditry, Sokoto State has been forced to shut down and relocate some of its most historic schools, abandoning once vibrant learning centres in the grip of terror. Read Also: 60 Years After: Remembering the bloody coup that changed Nigeria forever At the heart of […]
The Ademuleguns call for Tinubu’s attention
Brigadier Ademulegun asked Major Onwuatuegwu, ”Tim, how did you find yourself in my bedroom and what the devil do you think you are doing?”
Full text of the first coup broadcast of Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu
“We’re not promising anything miraculous or spectacular … we promise law-abiding citizen freedom from fear and all forms of oppression”
The story of coups in Nigeria — Richard Akinnola
The chapter he opened was on the consequences of failure… A coup never succeeds; if it does, nobody calls it a coup
Say no if anybody seizes a radio station and says ‘fellow countrymen’ — Richard Akinjide
“We did not hand-over. Ironsi told us that ‘You either hand over as gentlemen or you hand-over by force'”
The Nzeogwu I interacted with — Brig-Gen Alabi-Isama
Godwin Alabi-Isama retired from the military as a Brigadier-General and is the author of the very revealing book, THE TRAGEDY OF VICTORY. In an interview with Edmund Obilo, the creator and anchor of STATE AFFAIRS, a current affairs interview programme last year, Alabi-Isama made some revelations about Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu like none other has […]
60 Years After: Why Nzeogwu coup was inevitable — Major-Gen. IBM Haruna
‘Political interest took the shape and pattern of ethnic warfare and struggles in large, diverse and unequal regions in terms of population, resources and the powers’
60 Years After: Remembering the bloody coup that changed Nigeria forever
The Brigadier-General and his pregnant wife were both gunned down. She was said to have stood in front of her husband, pleading for mercy
Why advocacy for visaless Africa is increasing
Africans have endured the paradox of being confined by borders – the artificial boundaries of the continent and restrictive barriers outside it
How policies, prices, floods shaped agriculture in 2025
Federal Government announced a temporary six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts to encourage local processing and value addition
‘Nigeria’s poverty situation serious’ – Experts react to PwC 2026 report
“Despite macroeconomic gains, poverty is projected to rise to 62 per cent, affecting 141 million Nigerians by 2026,” PwC said.
Amidst push for Bori State, oil may flow in Ogoniland 30 years on
It’s been over three decades since oil exploration was stopped in Ogoniland. But fresh indications suggest crude production may resume
I still cherish handshake with Awolowo – Okolo, first female police lawyer
CHIEF BARRISTER MRS.VIRGINIA NTIEJUM OKOLO Commissioner of Police (rtd) joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1958. She was barely in her teens
Why Netizens think Matawalle should also resign as old video trends again
“Not all of them are criminals, some are good citizens, but due to some circumstances, they subscribe to such criminality”
Kidnap Terror Returns: From Abuja to North, communities live in fear again
IN just two weeks, Nigeria has been gripped by a wave of coordinated kidnappings from the Federal Capital Territory to the far North-West
