SEDC: Reinventing Michael Okpara’s agricultural and agro-industrial revolution
By Emmanuel Nzomiwu Although Dr. Michael Iheonukara Okpara died almost 42 years ago, the mention of his name in Nigeria today evokes memories of the agricultural and agro-industrial revolution in Eastern Nigeria in the 1950s and ’60s, during his days as the Premier of the former Eastern Region. During that glorious era, the Eastern Region ranked […]
Rethinking Nigeria–UK relations in a fragmenting global order
By SAMUEL OROVWUJE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proposed state visit to the United Kingdom, the first by a Nigerian leader in 37 years, comes not as a ceremonial flourish, but as a strategic moment long delayed. It is unfolding against Nigeria’s toughest economic conditions in a generation, a fragile democratic climate, and a global system […]
The king who wears his crown lightly: Chris Aire and the art of living with purpose
By Bolaji Ogundele There is a certain kind of man who enters a room and does not announce himself, and yet, somehow, the room knows. The air shifts. Conversations pause. Eyes follow. This is the quiet, authoritative gravity of Christopher Airemiokhai Iluobe, born on Christmas Day, 1964, in the small town of Ivue-Uromi, in Nigeria’s […]
N210tn Mirage: How Wadada’s claim on NNPCL collapses under simple arithmetic
By Kingsley Adegbite In Nigeria’s already fragile information environment, numbers have enormous power. When a public official declares that N210 trillion has gone missing, the figure is large enough to shock citizens, dominate headlines and inflame public anger. That is precisely why such claims must be handled with care and responsibility. Unfortunately, Senator Ahmed Wadada’s allegation […]
AI-driven memory chip squeeze raises fresh phone price risks
By Bolade Olagunju Global technology markets are entering a new phase of strain as surging memory chip prices intensify the ongoing semiconductor shortage. For Nigeria, the ripple effects could translate into a 15 – 20 per cent increase in phone price levels if supply pressures persist into the next quarter While attention has largely focused on […]
INFRASTRUCTURE: Okpebholo and Tinubu’s 2.5m votes
By John Mayaki When the governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, assured President Bola Tinubu that Edo would deliver 2.5 million votes in the next presidential election, many initially viewed the declaration as an ambitious political projection but a closer look at the unfolding development across the state suggests that the governor’s confidence may […]
