From Banking to Maternal Advocacy: How Dr. Sandra Uzodimma is championing better support for Nigerian mothers
Through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots initiatives, she has become one of the voices promoting a more holistic approach to maternal healthcare
Nigeria’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: Blunt instrument crippling industry, undermining trust, and threatening livelihoods
By Prof. Godfrey Omojefe When the Federal Government introduced the ₦10 per litre Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) tax in 2022, it was sold to Nigerians as a clever fiscal-health intervention: generate much-needed revenue while tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs). But three years on, the evidence is sobering. Not only has the tax failed to deliver on its […]
Marwa: The tormentor of untouchable drug lords
By YUSHAU SHUAIB When Femi Babafemi, the ever-vigilant spokesperson for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, sent me an email in the early hours of Wednesday, September 9, 2025, I was immediately intrigued. His press releases usually drop over the weekend, strategically timed to feed hungry newsrooms. I half-expected a bombshell—perhaps the long-awaited arrest of […]
Global governance initiative addresses the core issues of transforming the global governance system
By YAN YUGING New global challenges call for new concepts of global governance, and at a time when some countries move against the tide of history, China demonstrates its sense of responsibility. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus Meeting held on September 1, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping formally proposed the Global Governance Initiative. Following the […]
Tinubu’s reforms: Things are getting better
By SHERIFF BULUS Security and the economy are the two most significant issues affecting Nigerians in their daily lives, whether through soaring prices or fear of violence. Especially low-income earners, who must carefully monitor market prices, haggle over the cost of every food item and make their own arrangements for security – decisions crucial to their […]
To our ‘bye bye’ criers, we say many are called few are chosen
During his inaugural speech as the PGF Chairman back in 2023, Governor Uzodimma solemnly committed to upholding the ‘Renewed Hope’ manifesto
Allegations of sidelining and marginalizing Igbos in Comptroller General of Customs tenure Extension: Setting record straight
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on July 30, 2025 extended by one year, the tenure of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Bashiru Adeniyi
Wanted: A ‘one-face’ government
By SUNNY IKHIOYA Everyone, it appears, is acknowledging an economic turnaround in the country, especially with the assumed influence of government’s tough economic policies. So, it is expected that government and its media machinery will be coming out clean with the true situation of things, henceforth. Someone once talked about a ‘two-face’ government; that is what […]
Tinubu and the new dawn in Ogoni
By PRINCE AUSTIN KABARI On November 10, 1995, Nigeria etched one of the darkest chapters in its history when Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders, now remembered as the “Ogoni Nine”, were executed after a sham trial. Their only crime was the audacity to demand justice, dignity, and protection for their land against decades of […]
Enugu Smart School debate and Mbah’s relentless vision
By DAN NWOMEH I have taken time to peruse the avalanche of comments that have trailed the Enugu Government and Sujimoto saga. They range from those who genuinely mean well, to those who think they have finally found the soft underbelly of Governor Peter Mbah’s administration to viciously attack, sometimes for unrelated grudges, to the habitual […]
As hurricane Odey sweeps across North, leaving trails of sweetness
By Linus Obogo From Obanliku, crisscrossing Obudu, Bekwarra, Yala with Ogoja as the melting pot, the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State was aglow with renewed fervor as the Deputy Governor, Dr Peter Odey, undertook a five-local government areas tour that was more than an official outing. It was a pilgrimage of culture, unity, […]
The Global Governance Initiative addresses the core issues of transforming the Global Governance System
Xi Jinping formally proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus Meeting held on September 1, 2025.
Tunde Ednut needs a rebrand: here’s how he can do it
When you’re too big for your old shoes, it’s time for a fresh pair. Here’s why Tunde Ednut needs a new fit , and how to make it iconic.
The nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – September 8
Today, the Holy Catholic Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The bond between President Tinubu and VP Shettima
By TUNDE RAHMAN Long before President Bola Tinubu decided on Vice President Kashim Shettima, who turned 59 last week, as his running mate in the last presidential election, both of them had first collaborated across boundaries and different political parties several years ago to the present, when they are working together at the helm of Nigerian […]
Taming the inflation headwind
By ARIZE NWOBU Headwinds are factors that push against and create negative effects in an economy and tailwinds are factors that push forward and create positive effects in an economy. Major headwinds against Nigeria’s economy include pervasive corruption, insecurity, prebendalism and nepotism, and high cost of governance featuring conspicuous consumption by the political class. Other headwinds […]
