Opinion

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…

It is obvious now, even to the beggar on the side-street that the Nigerian economy has fallen into a dangerous tail spin, threatening to completely spiral out of control. At the core of this economic crisis is the…

Dear Nigerian Youths, Friends and The Social Media Community. I feel the need to share some words with you this morning, not just for communication sake…

Many Nigerians who are 37 years, four months and two days old today may not know anything about Dele Giwa, except they are diggers into history or they are children of curiosity. Dele Giwa was the founding Editor in Chief…

The testimonies of the good deeds of Herbert Wigwe remain endless, just like the testimonials of his far-reaching vision. All combined, seemingly speaking in one voice, including the latest from former Vice President…

Those who know Mr. Olayemi Cardoso will agree he got his current job as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria on a platter of solid professional background and strong personal attributes. His pedigree is rich as his…

Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, aka KWAM 1, has been the official ‘palace entertainer’ for almost a decade. Evidently through…

Once upon a time, a billionaire patriarch got starved to death. Starvation plagued him through dusk and dawn, writing his epitaph with his gasps and sighs for food bought with his money yet denied to his belly.  His wife,…

If I were to choose between the governed and its government, I will choose the latter. This is because it has been established that the former are fortune hunters who in a world of ‘survival of the fittest’, seize every…

Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, made his sixth attempt to become Nigeria’s president last year, 30 years…

LAST week, the National Assembly undertook one of the major responsibilities assigned to it by the 1999 Constitution when the two chambers engaged the…