Countdown to 2027: Edo North is for Oshiomhole
By Allison Abanum Adams Oshiomhole’s first term has been defined by a deliberate strategy of translating legislative power into tangible federal presence for Edo North. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, he has leveraged his position to facilitate federal employment for constituents and ensure fair representation in federal institutions. His legislative record includes […]
AI Economy for Women: from the UK to Nigeria
The next great economic divide may not be between those who have access to artificial intelligence and those who do not. It may be between those who have the opportunity to build, deploy and profit from it, and those whose livelihoods are reshaped by technology they had little say in creating.
Trump, the American voter and limits of political power
By Victoria Ojeme The same American electorate that returned Donald Trump to the White House in 2024 has now handed his opponents control of Congress. In the November 3, 2026 midterm elections, Democrats captured both the House of Representatives and the Senate, winning seats in states long considered Republican territory. By November 4, they had […]
Leading Chinese modernization steadily forward through the party’s self-revolution
By Yu Dunhai, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Days ago, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concluded in Beijing. The session reviewed and adopted the Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPC on Certain Major Issues concerning Persevering with Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance. It sets […]
How Gov. Oborevwori is putting Delta on a fiscal sustainable path
By Paul Odili The recent report of paying down the legacy debt from N463 billion to N63 billion is a commendable feat of financal prudence by Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration in three years. I don’t know how many states in Nigeria have been able to achieve such level of fiscal success, amidst infrastructure transformation of […]
How Afreximbank and APPO turned an African energy ambition into a bank
Under its then President, Professor Benedict Oramah, the institution had expanded its role in supporting African trade, industrialisation and investment. Its experience in structured finance and capital mobilisation made it a natural partner for developing a specialised energy bank.
