When the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, recently stated during an interview that the end of insecurity in Nigeria can only be determined by...
Founder of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia, is expanding his business portfolio into the luxury end of Nigeria’s real estate business, betting that high-end property offers stronger...
BY SHOLA ADEBOWALE It was past midnight, and Lagos was holding its breath. Streetlights flickered and died along stretches of road that, in daylight, hummed with...
For much of the last decade, conversations about Africa have been dominated by debt, inflation, currency weakness and governance challenges. Yet beneath these headlines, some African...
Strange but true: General Abdulsalami Abubakar would never have been Nigeria’s head of state if not for depression. You heard me right. After finishing at the...
When President Tinubu’s administration is discussed in the future, many will naturally focus on fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange reforms, tax administration and perhaps his political...
Let’s begin with an anecdotal story, or rather, two stories. In November 2024, Hamdiyya Sidi Shariff, then a 19-year-old lady from Sokoto State decried the state...
As Nigeria gradually moves towards the 2027 general elections, a troubling pattern is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Across various parts of the country, there has...
You cannot miss the K when you see the Vice President. Look closely the next time Kashim Shettima appears on your screen. You will find it...
The nationwide protest organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) over the Ogbomoso school abductions is a welcome development. And for many reasons. For one,...