A Presidential Soundbite Lands in a YBNL Studio Nigerian rap heavyweight Olamide has never been one to play it safe, and his latest release proves the point. The new single Burukutu, released through his YBNL imprint, opens with a sample…
A Quiet Vote With Real Consequences Nigeria’s Senate has confirmed Engr. Sani Mohammed Ndanusa as a Non-Career Ambassador/High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The confirmation was unanimous. What it signals about the Tinubu administration’s approach to diplomacy is…
A Billionaire’s Wager on Nigerian Refining Nigeria’s refining sector has long been a national embarrassment — decades of underperforming state refineries, crippling fuel import bills and a dependency on foreign petroleum that drains foreign exchange reserves. Now, private capital is…
A Costly Groin and a Confidence Gap It began in September, during what looked like a routine Süper Lig fixture. Galatasaray were beating İstanbul Başakşehir 3-2 when Victor Osimhen picked up a groin strain that would set in motion a…
Peter Agada, the Young Progressives Party’s presidential candidate and one of the declared contenders for the 2027 election, has stated plainly that he will not restore Nigeria’s petrol subsidy if he wins power. The declaration puts him at odds with…
Nigeria’s federal government has, once again, reached for the conversion bill as its instrument of educational reform. President Bola Tinubu signed legislation on Friday, 16 October 2026, transforming the Federal Polytechnic, Kaduna, into the Federal University of Technology and Vocational…
A Family Returned, A Pattern That Persists Ahmed Abubakar Zakka, his wife and their infant daughter Fatima are free. After ten days in the hands of kidnappers who seized them from their home in Kaduna State and broadcast their captivity…
A forensic investigator has told a Kaduna court that former Governor Nasir El-Rufai and associates allegedly earmarked $600,000 to pay off Economic and Financial Crimes Commission officials and intermediaries. The claim, made under oath, is as serious as Nigerian corruption…
The United States Department of State has announced a sweeping restructuring of how it handles visa applications across Africa, with 25 missions set to lose their routine visa processing functions from 1 August 2026. The change, which Washington insists does…
There are moments in Nigerian politics that cut through the noise and demand to be taken seriously. John Odigie Oyegun’s public apology to Nigerians for his role in bringing the All Progressives Congress and President Bola Tinubu to power is…