Atiku Abubakar, the African Democratic Congress presidential candidate and former Vice President, has launched a sharp attack on the Tinubu administration over petrol prices that have now reached ₦1,470 per litre, demanding a comprehensive public account of every naira saved…
The Spark That Started It On 29 May 2023, the day he was sworn into office, President Bola Tinubu uttered five words that would reshape the daily lives of every Nigerian: “Subsidy is gone.” It was a declaration with immediate…
Another online investment platform has shut its doors on Nigerian investors. PXES, which promised returns of up to 120 per cent, stopped paying out and went dark in early September, leaving members unable to withdraw funds or reach its operators.…
Uber is gone. Now the scramble begins. The US-based mobility giant discontinued its Nigerian operations on 2 September 2026, ending a twelve-year run that had started with a Lagos launch in 2014 before spreading to other cities across the country.…
Banks are raising the alarm about a wave of scams, and the warning carries an uncomfortable truth: criminals are not just after the money sitting in your account. They want something potentially more dangerous — your personal information. Your name,…
The strike that caught management off guard On Monday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chapter at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK), declared an indefinite strike. The lecturers said their reason was straightforward: they had not received their complete…
The Announcement The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has put residents and businesses across several parts of the Nigerian capital on notice: expect power interruptions for up to two weeks, beginning 3 September 2026. The company issued a public notice…
Lagos does not do affordable quietly. The city’s rental market has been squeezing household budgets for years, and in 2026 it shows no sign of relenting. Rents across the metropolis continue to climb, driven by population pressure, infrastructure deficits and…
Four years ago, the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies began quietly mapping what it would take to grow Nigeria’s economy to $1 trillion by 2030. That long-running research effort has now produced something concrete: a national summit, a…
New figures from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have put hard numbers to what many Nigerians already suspected: electricity access in this country is not just uneven — it is starkly, structurally divided along regional lines, with the gap…