For years, criticism of Nigeria’s military response to terrorism centred on a familiar complaint: the rhetoric outpaced the results. Operations were announced, press releases followed, and yet communities across the North-East, North-West and beyond remained hostage to insurgents and bandits.…
Something as ordinary as an onion has become a measure of how badly supply chains can break down. In Lagos markets, a paint bucket of onions that cost ₦3,000 in May now fetches ₦10,000 — a 233 per cent increase…
Abdulkadir Garba Yusuf had a Political Science degree from Bayero University Kano and, like thousands of Nigerian graduates before him, no immediate path forward. Rather than wait indefinitely for a role that matched his qualifications on paper, he walked into…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe State is scrambling to hold a fresh governorship primary after a Federal High Court struck down the result of its earlier exercise and ordered a rerun within one month. The rescheduled vote is set…
Nigeria has long treated illegal mining as a regulatory nuisance — a matter for bureaucrats armed with paperwork rather than for security agencies with the authority to act. The Mining Marshals’ recent enforcement operation across Nasarawa State signals that this…
Egypt remains Africa’s single largest borrower from the International Monetary Fund, carrying outstanding credit of approximately SDR 7.86 billion — equivalent to $10.76 billion, or roughly ₦14.30 trillion — as of 15 September 2026. The latest IMF figures show that…
Nigeria’s equities market added N297.21 billion to investors’ wealth on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, as buying pressure across blue-chip and mid-cap stocks pushed the NGX All-Share Index up 0.18% to close at 250,614.66 points — lifting the market’s year-to-date return…
A Market That Should Be Cheaper Walk into any building materials market in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, and the price of a 50kg bag of cement will still make you wince. At up to ₦15,000 per bag, it is…
What has actually happened? Commercial tricycle operators — known widely as keke riders — across the Federal Capital Territory have raised their fares by between N100 and N200 on multiple routes. The trigger is straightforward: petrol prices at filling stations…
Thirty-seven Nigerians entered government custody alive. None came out. Now someone must explain why. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has placed responsibility for those deaths squarely on three men: President Bola Tinubu, Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake, and…