Opinion

In most developing economies, exchange rate fluctuations are the primary driver of inflation. Unlike developed economies, where inflation is mostly…

On Wednesday, February 25, 2025, a very toxic but innocuous advertorial was published in the Punch newspaper. It was authored by a group which called itself De Renaissance Patriots Foundation. Entitled Systematic…

Pardon my ignorance. I would have sworn that the telecoms sector was deregulated until the federal government quickly held a meeting with…

By Abubakar Bukola Saraki I have watched from afar the recent development in the Senate between the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Senator from Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. It is a…

Nigeria is a country contradictions and ironies. The most populous black nation on earth with a vibrant…

The contemptuous manner the leadership of the 10th Nigerian Senate under its President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, handles female senators, is a cause for…

The ordeal of Herbert Wigwe’s children, who have been caught up in a legal tussle between their grandfather on one side and the testaments of their deceased father’s will on the other, has shone some light on…

By Kunle Oshobi Elementary economics tells us that inflation…

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has once again demonstrated its knack for innovation and customer-centric solutions, solidifying its place as a leader in…

In the grand game of Nigerian politics, where deception is an art, alliances are fleeting, and loyalty is measured in personal gain, few have played it…

It is a universal fact that women cry easily. Many husbands do not know what to do with a crying adult. What many husbands can hardly tolerate is when the…

As soon as I laid my hands on Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service’, there were only two…

I just came out of a long discussion with an influential member of the Wigwe family, and I must say that this is becoming quite embarrassing,…

As Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu had a reputation for squeezing water from a stone by extracting taxes from even the most unlikely people. Stories still abound in Lagos of how menacing tax collectors forced…

Some members of Northern Nigeria’s political establishment are fond of stamping their feet and threatening to withdraw (voting) support to Southern Nigerian presidents who do not kowtow to their (sometimes unfair)…

A disturbing disquiet now surrounds the Lagos State House of Assembly that was yesterday cordoned off by operatives of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) with unclear orders. Dressed in black jackets and…

The unending darkness permeating Nigeria today, unarguably, was the mistake of 2013…

Barely mid way into his four-year tenure, President Tinubu has scored a contradictory political victory. He has succeeded in getting the…

When he commented on President Bola Tinubu‘s administration during his presentation at an event in Lagos to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the death of radical lawyer and foremost human rights activist, Chief…

Although it is invisible, 17th Century English philosopher, physician and medical researcher John Locke…

IN Lagos ruling circle, the political future, fortune and misfortune of two prominent members are being discussed: one, as much as could be said in the open, the…

Portable is the stage name of Street-Hop rapper, Habeb Okikiola Badmus.   He is crass   in appearance and, ill-mannered    with apparent gaps in thought. Exhibiting outlandish behaviour, he divides his hair into parts…

On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump an­nounced a plan to slap steep tariffs on imports from key American trading partners – 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% on imports from China. His…

The January 13, 2025 removal of the Lagos State House of Assembly speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, came out of the blue. He was on holidays when the putsch…