Gastech 2026: Nigeria’s gas future in the new equation of energy security, capital and prosperity
By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson With an audience expected to exceed 50,000 and more than 800 exhibiting companies from across the global energy value chain, Gastech 2026 has made Bangkok a meeting point for the forces reshaping the energy economy: supply security, investment, infrastructure, technology and rapidly changing demand. For Nigeria, however, the significance extends beyond participation. […]
Wike as a counterpoint to hegemonic politicians
By SUNNY IKHIOYA Politics is a very interesting game for those who know how it is played. Yes, it’s a game that people hate to lose because it has implications on all aspect of their lives. But how will politics be without the likes of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the federal Capital Territory, in today’s […]
Celebrating the 55th Anniversary of China-Nigeria Diplomatic Relations and Forging a New Chapter of a Shared Future
By H.E. YU Dunhai, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria On February 10, 1971, the People’s Republic of China and the Federal Republic of Nigeria formally established diplomatic relations. Time has flown by, and today, on February 10, 2026, we celebrate a truly significant moment in our history: the 55th anniversary of our diplomatic ties. Over more […]
Visibility vs value in personal branding: What really opens doors?
The strongest personal brands don’t choose between visibility and value. They build both intentionally
Inside the concrete dream of Okpebholo’s flyover revolution
By PATRICK EBOJELE Edo State is witnessing a quiet but powerful transformation — one driven not by slogans, but by steel, concrete and visible progress on the ground. At the heart of this transformation is the Ikpoba Hill flyover at Ramat Park, a project Governor Monday Okpebholo recently inspected and described with clear satisfaction, not as […]
Beyond politics
By VICTOR-BANDELE DADA Politics has evolved into one of the largest businesses of the modern age, commanding enormous financial flows, institutional attention and popular emotion. Yet, despite its scale and spectacle, political power repeatedly fails to deliver durable prosperity, social harmony, or ecological balance. My argument is that the persistent wastage of political power arises from […]
Why Nigerian banks lose more to bad data than to fraudsters
At 2:47 PM on a Thursday in June, a Tier-1 bank’s fraud detection system flagged a ₦50 million corporate transfer from a manufacturing company to its raw material supplier.
Tribute to a beloved husband, father and grandfather – Hon Charles Ekhoerutomwen Idahosa
As a brother, husband, father, and grandfather, he carried his responsibilities with strength, deep love, and full devotion
Whither our elections?
By NICK DAZANG Two wordsmiths, Dan Agbese and Matthew Hassan Kukah, have aptly captured our unwholesome national predilections. While others thought afar, Nigerians, Mr. Agbese once regretted, tended to think afoot. And while others make progress by moving forward, Bishop Kukah noted, Nigerians were content with making progress by moving in reverse. These unseemly and fatuous […]
Ukraine’s Global Use of Terrorist Tactics for Geopolitical Objectives: A growing threat to international stability
By MANUAL KEITA The killer responsible for shooting Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev has been detained and is currently being transported from Dubai to face justice. His accomplice has also been apprehended, with law enforcement and special services from several countries cooperating in the operation. According to the latest medical updates, Alekseyev, deputy head of Russia’s […]
For NELFUND, opportunity has no mother tongue
By DARE OJEPE In a country where identity often arrives before ability, it is no small thing when a public policy chooses to listen differently. Nigeria, with its many tongues and temperaments, has long struggled with the burden of translation of names into networks, of accents into access, of origins into opportunity. Too often, the gates of […]
