Prince Lateef Fagbemi: The Quiet Reformer at the Justice Ministry
By Lemmy Ughegbe, Ph.D. In Nigeria, Chief Law Officers have not always been remembered for reforming the justice system; some courted controversy, others defended governments...
Category : Opinion
The pulpit, the ballot, and the truth: A Call for constructive engagement over partisan rhetoric
Pastor Peters Omoragbon In the vibrant, often volatile marketplace of Nigerian politics, the voices of our religious leaders carry immense weight. When a man of...
Betting on Despair: Poverty, youth gambling and criminality in West Africa’s urban slums
By Joshua Biden & Olive Aniunoh In low-income districts of towns in Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone, a small kiosk fitted with a television screen, a betting...
SPEAKER TAJUDEEN ABBAS AND THE DOCTRINE OF PEOPLE-FIRST LEADERSHIP
By Abdulkadir Bello I can’t afford not to join millions of well-meaning Nigerians across the country to pay tribute to the Speaker of the House...
Another Oil Boom, But for Whom?
By Lemmy Ughegbe, Ph.D Fifty billion dollars is the kind of figure that commands attention. Converted into naira, it becomes almost unimaginable to the average...
How Kaduna Is Being Repositioned as Nigeria’s Biggest Agricultural Hub
By Adamu lawal Toro For years, Kaduna was associated with insecurity. Villages were abandoned, schools were shut, farms became inaccessible and rural economies were strangled...
Ending the era of estimated bills: Why every Nigerian needs a prepaid meter
By Stella Odueme For thousands of residents in Kugbo, a fast-growing community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the arrival of a monthly electricity bill...
Trillions Spent, Refineries Silent: The Awakening of Sleeping Giants
Between 2020 and 2025, Nigeria poured an astonishing ₦11.349 trillion, alongside $592.9 million, €4.88 million, and £3.46 million, into the rehabilitation and turnaround maintenance of its refineries, according...
Audi Drives NSCDC’s Transformation Agenda With Commissioning of Tactical Training Ground in Abuja
By Gambo Jagindi In a bold move to reposition the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for 21st-century security challenges, the Commandant General, Prof. Ahmed...
Nigeria and The Cost of Uncertainty
By Lemmy Ughegbe, Ph.D Markets fear many things. They fear inflation, high taxation and insecurity. Yet there is one thing they fear even more: uncertainty....