By TANIMU YAKUBU The Illusion of Windfall Nigeria’s contemporary fiscal discourse has been captured by a convenient but fundamentally flawed proposition: that the removal of subsidy—particularly petrol subsidy—yields an immediate fiscal windfall. This claim is not merely inaccurate; it is analytically indefensible. Subsidy removal does not create liquidity. It eliminates a distortion. It corrects a mispricing. […]

In some parts of the country, workers experience months of unpaid wages, a phenomenon that undermines morale and productivity

By Oke Rotimi Michael It must be said that true democracy thrives not in uniformity but in diversity. There is no better way of nurturing and fostering democracy than creating an atmosphere in which dissents are allowed and even encouraged. Political opposition is not something that should be suppressed; rather, opposition parties ought to be […]

By Mohammed Musa Residents and motorists in Nasarawa State are already feeling the relief that comes with good infrastructure, as the main construction of the Lafia bypass has been completed, slashing travel time through the state capital from 45 minutes to just 15 minutes. The bypass, a critical section of the Keffi Road Phase II […]

By Tunji Olaopa My thesis in this piece is that Nigeria urgently needs a developmental state and a renegotiated terms of engagement with development partners (especially with such multilateral institutions like the World Bank and IMF, while deploying economic diplomacy with bilateral institutions) in a measure that significantly enables the government to wade through the […]

By NICK DAZANG The 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, took place across the country from Thursday, April 17. The exam, which was structured against four daily sessions, saw 2.2 million candidates participating across 966 accredited Computer Based Test, CBT, Centres. Though the exam was a marked […]

By YAN YUQING The year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the launch of diplomatic relations between China and Africa. On February 14, President Xi Jinping, in a congratulatory message to the 39th African Union Summit, announced that China would implement a zero-tariff policy on all tariff lines for products from 53 African countries with diplomatic […]

I write with an extraordinary confluence of personal joy and professional pride to felicitate with my dear brother and friend, Dr. Mohammed Goje

By Prof. Mannixs E. Paul When truth finally breaks through in a broken system, it does not always bring relief; it often brings disbelief. Ordinary citizens struggle to accept it, not because the facts are unclear, but because the reality is too heavy: a system that was meant to protect them has quietly turned against […]

By YUSHAU SHUAIB Nigeria’s political landscape is gradually heating up ahead of the 2027 general elections. Yet, beyond permutations of power, recent personal encounters have exposed a deeper concern about how dangerously our national discourse is drifting toward divisive narratives of religion and ethnicity. Recently, I confronted a disturbing social media post by a purported Northern […]

By TUNDE RAHMAN The dust may not have fully settled on the conventions of what is gradually emerging as the three main political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress, African Democratic Congress and Peoples Democratic Party, gearing up for the fast-approaching 2027 elections.  Yet, somehow, the unfolding fallouts of those conventions remind me of […]

In practical terms, Cabo Verde is positioning itself as a link between its diaspora and its domestic economy

By Unekwuojo Augustine Edime   Nigeria is currently revisiting the possibility of restricting or banning the export of raw cashew nuts to accelerate domestic processing. While the goal of industrialization is legitimate, policy must be grounded in economic reality rather than aspiration alone. Industrialization cannot succeed if trade is restricted before domestic processing capacity is ready […]

The union has warned that it may pursue legal action against defaulting governments, particularly over unpaid gratuities

By Yan Yuqing The year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the launch of diplomatic relations between China and Africa. On February 14, President Xi Jinping, in a congratulatory message to the 39th African Union Summit, announced that China would implement a zero-tariff policy on all tariff lines for products from 53 African countries with […]