Editorial

The government initiative to accelerate adjudicatory dispute resolution in Lagos State is an ingenious precedent-setting strategy that aligns with global fair trial standards. The scheme is overdue, considering that the country’s judiciary has been characterised […]

ONE of the key assumptions underpinning President Bola Tinubu’s 2025 budget is an inflation rate of 15 per cent. While many agree that inflation will decline in 2025, the projection appears overly optimistic. Inflation remains […]

Happy New Year! The greeting on New Year’s Day evokes and encapsulates a wish for newness. For this reason, one would not be in error to assume that the Year 2025, after a year of […]

Health authorities should be worried by the 2023 World Malaria Report, which reveals that nearly 200,000 deaths occurred in Nigeria last year. The country also carries the highest burden of malaria globally, accounting for approximately […]

In a significant blow to regional unity and efforts to boost economic and security cooperation, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the joint withdrawal of three of its founding members from […]

The conclusion of the Senate that the 2013 power sector privatisation exercise is a total failure is not only timely, it is a fair assessment of the dismal state of the country’s electricity supply and […]

Nigeria’s renewed commitment to ending the scourge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) may have little to offer, if not backed with concrete actions and immediate relief. Certainly the campaign […]

Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, a Yoruba by descent, came under fire recently for her comments about Nigeria which some Nigerians see as unpatriotic. The new Conservative leader was accused of […]

DONALD Trump’s first administration was marked by bold, polarising policies on tariffs and immigration. This pattern might re-emerge in his second tenure with significant implications for the US economy, global trade, and domestic labour markets. […]

NIGERIA is grappling with another severe cash scarcity, disrupting daily life and economic activities nationwide. The acute cash shortage across all states is compounding the hardship facing Nigerians who have endured an unprecedented price spike […]

NIGERIA’S latest unemployment data released by the National Bureau of Statistics flies in the face of lived realities with the potential to mislead economic planners. The NBS estimates that the unemployment rate declined to 4.3 […]

THE numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics’ latest employment survey are revealing. In its second-quarter labour force report for this year, the bureau asserted that 85.6 per cent of Nigeria’s workforce is self-employed, an […]

NIGERIANS may never know the importers and owners of the stolen luxury cars discovered at a port in Rivers State and on the streets of Lagos. But one thing is sure: smuggling syndicates are alive […]

NIGERIA owns four refineries with a combined capacity of 445,000 barrels per day. They have not refined crude oil for over two decades except the old Port Harcourt Refinery which was restarted on November 26. […]

NIGERIA may not have its ambassadors in place any time soon. This is a deplorable concern. Since 2023, President Bola Tinubu has failed to reappoint ambassadors to represent Nigeria abroad. Tinubu recalled all Nigerian ambassadors […]

NIGERIA’S primary education outlook is grim, casting a dim shadow on the country’s future. It has the second-highest number of out-of-school children in the world. Yet, state governors fail to access the available funds and […]

The 5th Wave of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) General Household Survey 2023/2024 which tracked the resilience of Nigerians over time was released last Thursday. A combination of climate-induced issues, recent reform programmes and security […]

NIGERIA’S rapid descent into a potentially unsustainable debt trap causes concern. Nigeria’s total debt is set to hit a record N136 trillion, following President Tinubu’s fresh request to the National Assembly to approve a N1.77 […]

A video of naira rain at a recent glitzy event has kept the Internet buzzing for three reasons. First, it seemed to be a public contest for the wealthiest guest at the occasion. They made […]

The recent power outage affecting 17 northern Nigerian states highlights critical vulnerabilities in the nation’s power infrastructure, with profound implications for national security, economic stability, and public health. From October, millions of Nigerians across key […]