By Bonaventure Melah The recent publication of flight-delay statistics by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), indicating that Air Peace and United Nigeria Airlines recorded some of the highest numbers of delayed flights in August 2026, raises an important question about how aviation statistics should be compiled, interpreted and communicated to the Nigerian public. Statistics […]

By Fred Chukwuelobe Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2027 election, sat down with Arise Television anchor Ojy Okpe for an extensive conversation on the election and a wide range of issues confronting Nigeria. It was one of those interviews that leaves you with plenty to think about long […]

By Chris Agbedo I have read Valentine Obienyem’s “Fr. Alia and the Seduction of Power” with a mixture of concern and sadness. Concern, because the conduct attributed to Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Benue State, raises questions that deserve serious scrutiny. Sadness, because the article, in its passionate condemnation of the priest-governor, seems to […]

By Dayo Oyinlola For decades, Nigeria’s airport terminals have attracted public attention while many of the country’s critical airside assets quietly aged under the weight of increasing aircraft movements, changing climate conditions and years of deferred capital investment, some runways had exceeded their design life. Taxiways required extensive rehabilitation, airfield lighting systems needed modernization, engineering […]

The more important question is whether we are continuously creating enough pathways for that ambition to translate into economic participation, productivity, and long-term prosperity.