There is a tired, decades-old joke in Nigerian economic circles: we export crude oil to import refined petrol, and we export raw cocoa only to empty our pockets buying Swiss…
By Ayoola Lawal Former House of Representatives Candidate and Former Secretary, APC Committee of Diaspora Chairmen, Ayoola Lawal, has cautioned against any attempt to reintroduce Nigeria’s former blanket petrol subsidy…
When Zacch Adedeji settled into the studio for Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on the night of August 9, most viewers probably expected the usual back-and-forth: a government official defending unpopular…
By Babajide Fadoju There is a version of Nigerian federalism that shows up mostly in speeches: state governors thanking the president for one thing or another while very little changes…
By Sunday Dare HISTORY has never been kind to institutions that mistake political opportunism for moral clarity. When the leadership of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), led by…
By Temitope Ajayi There is something fundamentally inappropriate about Cardinal John Onaiyekan granting a television interview to offer his own account and interpretation of what transpired during the private meeting…
By Tanimu Yakubu I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno has argued that the Executive's failure to spend the budget as appropriated amounts to a breach of law sufficiently…
By Ademola Oshodi The international environment is placing a heavier responsibility on Nigeria. Regional security cooperation has weakened, competition for energy finance and technology has intensified, and humanitarian funding is…
By Babajide Fadoju The Renewed Hope Ambassadors and members of the Presidential Communications Team, on the latest leg of their National Media Tour, have painted a vivid picture of a…
By Babajide Fadoju From the crumbling Owerri–Okigwe highway that once broke axles and spirits to the revived FUTO teaching hospital now receiving referrals, and from the upgraded College of Education…