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By Dakuku Peterside Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished school and not found a job. They have probably learned to plan trips around insecurity, and they almost certainly run a ...
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By Opeyemi Eniola Lagos is not just Nigeria’s commercial hub. It is the country’s economic oxygen. It drives a disproportionate share of national output through trade, manufacturing, ports, financial services, and logistics. In plain terms, Lagos does not merely contribute to the Nigerian economy,it sets its pace. What happens here does not stay here. Policy ...
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Nothing screams progressive reform quite like telling a citizen that his/her light might be unstable so that a manufacturer can chill her executive water bottles at sub-zero temperatures. However, here is the drift. After many years of financial illquidity in the power sector, darkness in many parts of the country and recurring national grid collapses, ...
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By Stanley Nkwocha The true test of a presidency is not only what the President says when the world is listening but who he can trust to say it when he is not in the room. At the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, passed that test ...
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By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson Africa stands at a defining moment in the evolution of its energy economy. For decades, the continent has exported crude while importing a substantial share of the refined petroleum products needed to power its transport systems, industries, businesses and households. This structural imbalance has transferred significant economic value outside the continent, while ...
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By Dakuku Peterside Past experiences show that Nigerians show up in large numbers on the world stage, even when the country has no direct stake in the outcome. Every September, when world leaders go to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Nigeria sends one of the largest delegations with little or no brief, ...
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When Joseph Tegbe was appointed Minister of Power, many observers reacted with the skepticism that typically greets leadership changes in the ministry. Key questions echoed across the industry: What will he do differently? What background does he bring to this complex sector? Some commentators even misinterpreted statements during his Senate confirmation, claiming he promised to ...
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By Seyi Bakare The emergence of Omooba Otukayode Hakeem Otufale as the new Olori Ebi of the Fusengbuwa/Jadiara Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode has opened a fresh chapter in the prolonged search for the next Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland. Coming after months of disagreements over the conduct of the succession exercise, competing claims to ...
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By Kolawole Olaniyan It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitutional and international obligations to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. There is something ...
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By Isa AbdulMumin When Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa stood before vice-chancellors and directors of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) in Abuja last month, his message was blunt: "Nigeria can no longer afford to fund research that ends on library shelves." "Nigerian university researchers are to get stronger access to investors, industries ...
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By Femi Babafemi Let me start with a confession that has become something of a running joke among those of us who work closely with Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), the man simply refuses to age like the rest of us. I witnessed this ...
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By Kemi Otunuga Nigeria in 2026 is at a turning point that demands urgent economic rethinking. With the global shift away from fossil fuels, persistent foreign exchange pressures, and growing expectations for public services, the country can no longer sustain itself on crude oil alone. Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reform agenda, the national priority ...
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By Seun Kolade Long before “government has no business in business” became an article of faith in Nigerian public life, the people of the Old Western region had answered it in concrete. They took the proceeds of cocoa, gathered through public institutions, and built roads, schools, industries and estates. In 1965, Cocoa House rose above ...
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By Paul Ibe There comes a point in every government's life when explanations cease to matter and results become the only language citizens are prepared to hear. For President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that moment has arrived. Three years after the dramatic declaration that “fuel subsidy is gone,” Nigerians are asking a brutally simple question: Are ...
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By Ishaq Samaila Every successful political leadership requires more than public speeches and official appointments. Behind the scenes are individuals whose strength lies in building bridges, nurturing relationships and providing the strategic guidance needed to keep political structures connected. Ibrahim Masari, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Political and Other Matters, represents one ...
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By Mohammed Idris The renewed call for the restoration of petrol subsidy under any guise demands a clear-eyed examination of what Nigeria has gained from reform and what the country would have to surrender by reversing course. The scale of the problem is important to remember. In 2022, when Nigeria was struggling with declining oil ...
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By Dakuku Peterside There is something reassuring about the ritual of political rivals gathering beneath the same roof and signing their names to a common promise of peace. In a country where elections have too often been accompanied by intimidation, inflammatory rhetoric and violence, the symbolism matters. It says that political competition need not become ...
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By Opeyemi Eniola In Lagos, a city defined by high costs, intense competition, and relentless pressure, one radio exchange has reignited an old but often uncomfortable conversation about housing. Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, was asked a straightforward question: how does a 22-year-old earning around ₦100,000 monthly afford self-contained accommodation that now ...
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By Tanimu Yakubu The seduction of the wrong conclusion An increasingly familiar claim in Nigeria is that widespread poverty, nearly three years into the reform programme, is itself proof that the reforms have failed. Poverty remains widespread. Hardship is visible. From those facts comes the claim that the reforms undertaken since 2023 stand condemned. The ...
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By Abiodun Alade There are moments when a company listing is more than a transaction. It becomes a statement about who gets to participate in wealth creation. The proposed public offering of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals could become one of those moments. If completed as currently contemplated, the listing would rank among the ...
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By Ismail Omipidan Four years after a coalition of PDP chieftains helped propel him to power, Governor Ademola Adeleke is watching that same coalition crumble with just 96 hours to the polls. The defection of former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, ex-SSG Fatai Akinbade, and other party stalwarts to the APC has not only depleted the governor’s ...
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By Tunde Rahman With just a few days before the August 15 Osun State governorship election, the political calculus is already shifting. The election is a two-way horse race between incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke of the Accord Party and his challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji – popularly branded ...
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By Babafemi Ojudu I am going to play a dangerous little game this morning. It will make the BATists happy, at least for a moment the Obidients furious, and the cynics exclaim, “Ṣé bí we told you? All politicians are the same. He don dey look for job!” Gbogbo wọn ò gbádùn. Well, let the ...
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By Opeyemi Eniola In the dynamic and sometimes intrigue-laden politics of Lagos State, where narratives of sectional groups and entrenched cabals often take centre stage, Hon. (Pastor) Cornelius Ojelabi has distinguished himself as a unifying leader. As the re-elected Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, he has consistently prioritised youth inclusion, grassroots ...
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Three voices, One warning: What Abuja's emerging markets forum revealed about Nigeria's narrowing window By Ummie Kabir For two days, precisely Wednesday and Thursday, July 29th and 30th, last week, the auditorium of the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters became a stage for a conversation Nigeria in particular and the the continent in general, can ...
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By Sunday Dare In every nation's history comes a defining period when leadership is measured not merely by promises but by the courage to confront longstanding challenges with determination, strategic vision, and sustained action. For Nigeria, that defining moment is unfolding under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose Renewed Hope Agenda has placed ...
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By Dakuku Peterside Sometimes, a country confronts scandals that appear disconnected: corruption in one institution, brutality in another, and questions of legality or accountability elsewhere. Each controversy briefly dominates attention before the next takes its place. Yet beneath the shifting headlines, a deeper pattern may be emerging. Nigeria may be living through such a moment. ...
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By Mathew Ibiyemi For years, Nigerian electricity consumers have complained about arbitrary estimated billing by utility providers, with millions of households and businesses enduring the burden of unmetered energy estimates. The practice has steadily eroded public confidence and constrained growth across the country's power sector. A vivid illustration of this widespread frustration was captured in ...
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By Opeyemi Eniola Lagos, Nigeria’s economic heartbeat and Africa’s most populous megacity, stands at a critical juncture. As Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term winds down, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has coalesced around Deputy Governor Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat as its consensus candidate for the 2027 governorship election. For Nigeria’s private sector, from multinational corporations ...
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By Dauda Iliya The faster Professor Babagana Umara Zulum strides towards the terminal date of his 8-year governorship stint in Borno State, the firmer he gets in his determination to bequeath to his successor a state sprinting towards full recovery and prosperity on a smooth Future-Secured turf. Over the last seven years, Zulum has trotted ...