Celebrating foreign education: The hypocrisy of contemporary Nigerian leadership
By CHEKWUBE E. NZOMIWU Late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, in his influential book “The Trouble with Nigeria,” identified failure of leadership as the single core problem of Nigeria. In the 68-page book, first published in 1983 by Fourth Dimension Publishers, Achebe argued that there is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land, air, climate or the […]
Abdulrahman’s sacrifice to motherland
There was a time, not too long ago, when February 5 meant only one or two things to Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq: football.
How fuel subsidy removal redefined ride-hailing survival in nigeria
By Dayo Oyinlola By 2026, ride-hailing in Nigeria has moved beyond being a convenience for a few urban professionals to becoming an essential layer of everyday mobility. In cities like Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, app-based transport now fills gaps left by overstretched public systems, connecting people to work, commerce and opportunity. Yet this growth […]
Why accounting standards are not ideology
By MARTINS ITUA Public debates are often most heated when technical policy questions are misunderstood. In recent weeks, Nigeria’s discussion around the integration of AAOIFI standards into the national financial reporting framework for Non-interest Financial Institutions has generated noise that says more about fear than fact. This is unfortunate, because what is at stake is […]
Why Nigeria needs a national crisis communication hub
By SHUAIB AGAKA Nigeria’s information space has evolved from a battleground of rumours into a theatre of manufactured realities. What once required organised propaganda networks can now be executed by individuals armed with widely available digital tools. The result is a new class of threats that blur the line between truth and fiction, reshaping how societies […]
Negotiating digital sovereignty in Nigeria’s platform age
By Jayeola Okuazun Across the world, governments and entrepreneurs are confronting a new reality: digital infrastructure is no longer politically neutral. From Europe’s push for stronger data governance frameworks to Canada’s growing emphasis on sovereign cloud infrastructure and domestic digital capacity, nations are rethinking how power operates in a platform-driven economy. What once appeared to […]
