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This past week has offered a striking juxtaposition of forward-looking economic triumph and solemn historical reflection for Nigeria’s maritime sector. From the halls of Washington to the ports of Lagos, the nation is witnessing both the hard-earned rewards of institutional reform and the poignant farewell to one of the founding architects of its modern port ...
Campaign seasons inevitably arrive dressed in high-decibel fanfare: stadium rallies, choreographed motorcades, and manifestos thick with poetic ambition. Aspirants promise to revive moribund economies, overhaul dilapidated power grids, tame stubborn inflation, and restore security to embattled communities. Yet beneath the crescendo of political sloganeering lies a conspicuous void. Electors know intimately what is broken, and ...
The Osun State Government and the Osun State House of Assembly owe the people a clear explanation for the proposed alteration of the tenure rules governing the Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University. A law that expressly limits the Vice-Chancellor's tenure to five years and excludes reappointment should not be altered casually, especially when the proposed ...
Uber's departure from Nigeria after 12 years should concern policymakers far beyond the inconvenience it will cause passengers and drivers. A global company that helped transform urban transportation in the country is shutting down its operations after reviewing its business, and although Uber has declined to disclose the precise reasons for the decision, the circumstances ...
The planned withdrawal of about 200 United States military personnel from Nigeria should force Abuja to confront an uncomfortable question: how long can a country of more than 230 million people continue to depend on foreign military capability to confront threats within its own territory? Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has moved quickly to reassure the public ...
For decades, Nigeria’s official response to escalating poverty has relied heavily on the machinery of temporary social safety nets, from conditional cash transfers and subsidized grain distributions to emergency palliative stipends. While short-term humanitarian relief can cushion vulnerable households against acute economic shocks, treating cash handouts as a substantive national strategy is an exercise in ...
When building a campaign team, politicians naturally seek people who bring money, technical skill and the ability to win elections. From a purely practical political standpoint, bringing Dr. Zacch Adedeji and Dr. Betta Edu into President Bola Tinubu’s campaign apparatus makes sense. One understands finance and the other knows how to mobilize people on the ...
Nigeria has barely entered the formal campaign season for the 2027 elections, yet one figure already says much about the kind of political contest the country is preparing for: N571 billion. That is the combined campaign expenditure ceiling available to the 19 presidential and 127 governorship candidates currently counted in the race under the Electoral ...
In the immediate aftermath of any fiercely contested poll, the true measure of leadership lies not in triumphalism, but in the capacity to heal a fractured electorate. Governor Ademola Adeleke took a commendable step in this direction upon receiving his Certificate of Return by establishing a ₦500 million Election Violence Victims Endowment Fund. Acknowledging that ...
The recurring ritual of signing peace accords ahead of major elections in Nigeria has long served as a high-profile photo opportunity for political elites. Yet, as past electoral cycles have demonstrated with tragic consistency, moral appeals and signed declarations routinely collapse in the face of desperate power struggles. Peter Obi’s recent critique strikes at the ...
A casual scroll through social media reveals a striking reality, foreign explorers, travel vloggers, and domestic adventurers are showcasing breathtaking Nigerian landscapes that many citizens and policymakers barely know exist. From the precariously perched rock formations of Riyom in Plateau to the mystical waters of Iyake Lake, one of the world's rare suspended mountain lakes ...
Nigeria’s worsening food crisis has exposed an uncomfortable contradiction at the heart of the country’s economic reforms: government revenues are rising, yet millions of Nigerians remain unable to afford adequate food. An estimated 36.3 million Nigerians are facing crisis-level food insecurity or worse, according to the latest Food Security Monitor by the Alliance for a ...
Food security is often discussed in Nigeria as though the central challenge were simply getting more Nigerians to cultivate more land. Governments announce agricultural programmes, distribute inputs, encourage farmers to increase production and set ambitious targets for domestic food supply. Yet the foundations of a productive agricultural economy are laid long before a farmer plants ...
The rescue of 308 kidnapped Nigerians from captivity in Kwara and Niger states stands as one of the most significant security breakthroughs in recent years. According to the Presidency, the intelligence-led operation, carried out by the military, the Department of State Services (DSS), the police and other security agencies, represents the largest single-day rescue of ...
Nigeria's worsening security challenges have exposed a truth that has been decades in the making; that is, no nation can expect its armed forces to defend it effectively while neglecting the welfare, professionalism and institutional capacity of those entrusted with that responsibility. President Bola Tinubu's approval of a substantial salary increase for military personnel is ...
If the first chapter of a nation's security crisis is written in the shock of unexpected violence, the second is defined by how authority responds when the smoke clears. In recent weeks, Nigerians witnessed a rare and welcome glimpse of swift state action. The rapid operation that led to the rescue of a kidnapped judge ...
Every fresh kidnapping, terrorist assault or massacre presents government with another opportunity to reassure the public that security agencies are responding decisively. Those assurances have become familiar. What has become equally familiar is the steady procession of fresh attacks that follow them. The cycle has endured for years, cutting across administrations, regions and security commands, ...
The Federal Government's decision to adopt a household mapping strategy to identify and return an estimated 15 million out-of-school children to classrooms is a welcome recognition that Nigeria cannot solve a crisis it has yet to fully understand. Accurate data is the foundation of sound policy, and any serious effort to rescue millions of children ...
Nigeria's latest budget implementation figures have once again drawn attention to an uncomfortable truth about the country's public finances. While the Federal Government has defended its economic reforms as laying the foundation for long-term stability, the disclosure that it borrowed ₦12.62 trillion in 2024, overshooting its approved borrowing target by ₦4.79 trillion, should concern policymakers ...
The reported death of a young Nigerian following an alleged assault by South African police officers, alongside renewed xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals, has once again exposed a troubling reality that the continent has yet to confront with the determination it demands. The incident has rekindled painful memories of previous outbreaks of ...
The release of 23 inmates from correctional facilities in Rivers State through a judicial decongestion exercise deserves commendation. For the beneficiaries and their families, it marks the end of prolonged uncertainty and offers an opportunity to rebuild lives interrupted by incarceration. It also demonstrates the determination of judicial authorities to ease the burden on overcrowded ...
The conclusion of the Independent National Electoral Commission's Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise marks another significant step towards the 2027 general election. As the registration window closes, national attention should shift from the number of new names added to the voters' register to a far more consequential question: will Nigerians who have registered have sufficient ...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's approval for the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to twelve divisions marks one of the most ambitious military restructuring exercises in recent years. Coupled with the recruitment of 28,000 additional personnel and sustained investment in equipment, operational readiness and troop welfare, the decision reflects an acknowledgement that Nigeria's security ...
From widespread allegations of technical glitches and disenfranchisement to post-election petitions and calls for cancellation, the recurring friction in Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) elections reflects the very afflictions that undermine confidence in Nigeria’s general elections. Regarded widely regarded as the conscience of the nation, yet, when the legal association conducts its own national elections, the ...
By Iswell Emmanuel Every thriving economy has an invisible heartbeat. It is not found in towering skyscrapers, oil wells, glittering markets or busy seaports. It is found in the ease with which money moves. A random Nigerian trader may produce the finest fabric, a software developer may build world class applications, and a farmer may ...
