Opinion

Between the end of February and the beginning of March 2024, President Bola Tinubu was billed to embark on a trade and investment trip to Qatar, but lo and behold hell was let loose as some naysayers opined that the trip…

The Northern Senators have been complaining about the Tinubu administration’s lack of attention to the region. If they change the Senate leadership with a Northern senator, they can do so much. As the saying…

The disparity in roles between ecclesiastics and politicians is generally expected to translate to differences in values, lifestyles, and creeds, but this pattern has been disrupted and bridged in Nigeria by…

If you were a JAMB candidate and you were asked to choose between ‘property’ and ‘properties’ in the above context, what would be your answer? That billionaire Otedola has a lot of property or properties – considering all his…

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr George Akume, took the battle cry to senior government bureaucrats on March 5, 2024. He urged that they be more circumspect and help to plug the current holes through…

Three weeks ago, maybe even four, I got a message from my mobile phone company asking me to re-register my line and link it to the national identification number, aka…

President Bola Tinubu delivered probably one of the most consequential adlibs in the history of presidential inaugurations. “The fuel subsidy is gone!” he thundered…

In the dynamic landscape of Nigerian FinTech, the fusion of artificial intelligence (AI) with financial services holds immense promise for innovation and growth.…

I read a pathetic report last weekend of how the family of the late Second Republic Senate President, Joseph Wayas, was made to pay the sum of £6,710 (more…

When the two daughters of former United States’ President Bush threw a lavish party at the height of election campaigns in the early 2000s, many commentators in the United States were irked by the development. Earlier in 2001,…

Nigeria declares war against speculators! The CBN intensifies action against speculators! FG moves against speculators! Nigeria warnsspeculators over betting against the naira! These are the screaming headlines in…

It's really a hard and rough time for Nigerian passport holders seeking to renew their passports courtesy of the frustrating policies of the minister of Interior,…

Revelations from the recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria were alarming. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced that $26bn in untraceable funds had flowed through Binance Nigeria Ltd in…

It is in order to say President Bola Tinubu is actually showing some balls with many decisions he has taken since he assumed power, although the jury is…

“I remember a friend of mine in the oil industry, who during a meeting of an economic think tank. He called the then president aside and said, ‘Mr President please…

In recent times, ‘plate licking’ has become a common pick up line by men to lure women into their beds. Once the initial ice of toasting has been melted, the promise of good, pleasurable sex, targeted at throwing the woman…

Sometimes, some countries develop an incredible knack to shoot themselves in the foot in ways that leave an observer befuddled. Take, for instance, Scotland. In… Sometimes, some countries develop an incredible knack to…

I have been on hiatus from writing. It has been a tough one for the country. Too many things are popping up at the same time. At some point, I assumed Jagaban reclined in his chair and tried to think deeply about the…

IF I were President Tinubu, I will admit that announcing the removal of fuel subsidy on the day of my inauguration was a mistake. I will also admit that the floating of the Naira was an unintended error. Rather than…

I have never met Herbert Wigwe, the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access HoldingsPlc. His name was not heard until now. As a writer, I…

The rainy season is here. But, how many people are willing and ready to till the soil? There is no shortage of arable farmlands, but farmers are becoming fewer. The huge population of youths avoids the farms like…

No amount of condolences, prayers, sympathies and commiseration could ever fathom the depth of the grief of Papa Shyngle and Mama Stella Wigwe. And the reason is simple: no parents should ever have to bury any of their…

As I was saying, I have witnessed several episodes of economic hardship in Nigeria. I lived through the “austerity measures” of 1982/83 as the economy went into a storm…

If you go to Binance P2P, there is heavy manipulation going on there. And from my deductions, most of the big Binance P2P merchants are united in carrying out this manipulation. Some of them even have over $2 million worth…