By ARIZE NWOBU It is good to know that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has keyed into the USD1trillion economy envisioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by 2030. And the global management consulting firm, Mckinsey and Co is sanguine about the economy. Mckinsey had projected that the economy would attain a GDP of USD1.6 […]

By FATIMA BAKO The first thing that greets you is the silence—an eerie, suffocating stillness where the cheerful noise of children should fill the air. Instead, the dry wind whistles through broken zinc sheets and crumbling walls, swaying what remains of a roofless structure that once dared to call itself a school. This is Dansarai Primary […]

By Femi Ilemobade When news broke that Dr Dayo Mobereola would be the new Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, not many doubted his capacity to succeed in the role.For the few who did, his near-perfect record as a public servant and the swift reforms he initiated immediately after his appointment […]

By Nana Ogbodo Mario Cuomo, the former Governor of the state of New York in the United States must have had the conventional Nigerian politician in mind when he intoned his now famous saying that politicians usually campaign in poetry and govern in prose. On campaign trails, politicians are typically bullish and are sarcastically said […]

By Emeka Alex Duru It was quite depressing listening to a  member of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State, Aminu Jaji recount the worsening security situation in his constituency. Jaji painted a harrowing picture of attacks, mass kidnappings, and general lawlessness that have left his constituents devastated and displaced. Over 200 of such attacks have […]