By Nafisat Bello Nothing better illustrates the tragedy of Nigeria’s public finance than the persistent menace of ghost workers. It is one of the most absurd forms of corruption ever conceived—a crime in which people who neither exist nor render any service continue to receive salaries month after month and year after year, while hospitals […]

By Abdul Jayu  Over the years, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, has maintained a safe and stable air navigation environment.  The agency under the leadership of its Managing Director/Chief Executive, Engr. Farouk Ahmed Umar entered 2026 with the enormous responsibility of sustaining safe, efficient and reliable air navigation services amid rising aircraft movements, ageing infrastructure, […]

By Martha Ajagbawa Presently, in Delta State, there is a lot of shenanigans going on, coupled with misplaced priorities regarding some fundamental projects. The MORE Agenda of the Oborevwori administration, three years down the line, seems ineffective and inconsequential. Many Deltans were taken aback when the Governor announced the construction of 25 police divisional headquarters—one in […]

By Ejiro Idama Delta people are resilient. We will manage flood, manage NEPA, abi BEDC sef, manage fuel price, and still find time to manage politics. But every once in a while, a question escapes from the beer parlour, the keke, the WhatsApp group: “How did Sheriff happen to Delta State?” It’s not an insult. It’s […]

This was a match where emotions changed almost every fifteen minutes. England raced into what appeared to be an unassailable 4–0 lead before France mounted a remarkable comeback that suddenly transformed certainty into anxiety.

Rather than pursuing sweeping reforms for their own sake, the Ministry focused on strengthening the institutions and systems that govern public finance.

hese are not soldiers who set out to fight anyone’s war. They are Nigerians who were sold one life and delivered into another, and now sit in captivity as living case studies in a script that has played out with numbing consistency across the continent.

Encouragingly, recent developments within the United Nations suggest that Nigeria’s diplomatic engagement is beginning to attract renewed international recognition

By Olufemi Aduwo Diplomacy is not conducted in isolation. In an era defined by geopolitical rivalry, economic uncertainty, climate emergencies and transnational security threats, nations are judged as much by their engagement with the international community as by their domestic achievements. It is against this backdrop that Nigeria’s participation in the forthcoming United Nations General […]

By Victor-Bandele Dada For more than six decades, Nigeria has debated its problems without ever adequately identifying the problem beneath the problems. Economists have diagnosed fiscal instability. Political scientists have examined institutional weakness. Sociologists have studied ethnic and religious fragmentation. Development specialists have focused on poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and human capital. Security analysts have examined […]