At the base of the AI economy is not software. It is infrastructure. Land, energy, and power form the backbone

By Balogun Gbadura In the heart of Akoko, Ondo State, a growing force for community development continues to take shape through the work of Engr. Opeoluwa Adebayo, President and Founder of the Olobe Adebayo Charitable Foundation. Driven by personal experiences of hardship and resilience, Adebayo has built a reputation for consistent and structured philanthropy, focusing on […]

By Abduŕrazaq Abdullahi As preparations for the 2027 general elections gather momentum, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State is facing internal tension following the emergence of a candidate for the Mani/Bindawa Federal Constituency. Ahmed Saleh Junior, who is well-known in Mani and Bindawa Local Government Areas for his community support and political involvement, […]

By Philip Obazee Cultural Density Is Not the Question Nigeria does not suffer from cultural emptiness. On the contrary, Nigeria is one of the most culturally dense societies in the world. Across its regions, languages, religions, ethnic communities, towns, villages, and urban neighborhoods, one finds a vast inheritance of meaning: respect for elders, communal obligation, […]

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 […]