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Foreign investors only: The colonial mindset still running our economy, by Destiny O. Enabulele
In our interpretation and understanding of who an investor is, Africans do not count. We do not think our fellow Africans are investors. Listen to Nigerian rulers and their commissioners. “We are wooing investors.” The photo ops are always...
One God, two microphones, by Destiny O. Enabulele
The Catholic Bishops have spoken. Boldly. Directly. To Mr. President. They named the hunger. They named the killings. They...
Health minister hails APC chairman over medical intervention in Taraba
By Terna Chikpa The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has commended the National Chairman of...
₦1.2tn Taraba debt claim fake news, says finance commissioner
By Terna Chikpa The Taraba State Government has described claims by opposition parties that the state currently has a debt...
Diaspora investment: Tinubu sends Gbajabiamila, five governors to Toronto
President Bola Tinubu has approved a Federal Government delegation led by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to represent...
Nigeria’s debt stock rises N9.96trn to N159.35trn in one year, domestic borrowing surges —DMO
Nigeria’s total public debt stock rose to N159.35 trillion as of March 2026, representing an increase of N9.96 trillion,...
Customs foils arms, drug smuggling, seizes 140 rifle parts, ₦373.8m cannabis
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted components of more than 140 pump-action rifles and cannabis-infused products with a...
“Lazy Nigerians complain of food prices” — Senator Nwaeboyi’s remarks spark outrage
The Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, has come under fire after describing Nigerians who...
NIIA: Nigeria’s own chatham house, by Destiny O. Enabulele
For years, Nigerian Presidents have trooped to Chatham House in London. They present policy. They take hard questions. They...
From blackout to birth rate? The folklore of Nigerian politics, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Former Governor Ayo Fayose says darkness after 7pm is making Nigerians have more children. His logic: lack of rural...
Politics jab is not a crime, by Destiny O. Enabulele
Criticizing policy is politics. Mucking personality is pettiness, the kind of “all is fair in politics” that Pres. Tinubu...
Nentawe Yilwatda at 58: From the classroom to the centre of Nigeria’s political destiny, by Cliff Stanley
A Birthday Tribute to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress At 58, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda...
EDUCATION
Gombe begins education restructuring, merges ministries
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has said his administration will immediately begin implementing recommendations contained in a taskforce report on...
AGRICULTURE
IFAD distributes farm inputs to 476 farmers in Taraba
By Terna Chikpa The Federal Government, through the International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP),...
FEATURES & INVESTIGATIONS
From roads to human capital: How Inuwa Yahaya is recasting Gombe’s dev’t agenda, by By Cliff Stanley
An assessment of the 55th State Executive Council meeting and the emerging architecture of infrastructure, education, agriculture and youth development. Development is rarely produced by a single project. It is the cumulative outcome of deliberate public policy, infrastructure...
From bags of rice and naira notes to the weaponisation of state institutions: Nigeria’s new electoral crisis, by Cliff Stanley
In Nigeria’s electoral vocabulary, “vote buying” has traditionally evoked familiar images: politicians distributing cash, rice, noodles, clothing, fertiliser and...
Sufuyan Ojeifo @ 60: The conscience of the nation and the triumph of a redemptive pen, by Erasmus Ikhide
ON Thursday, August 6, 2026, a monumental milestone quietly unfolds in the rich tapestry of Nigerian journalism, public intellectualism,...
When EFCC switches place for APC demagoguery, by Oto’ Drama
The Anatomy of Institutional Capture: A Prelude to State Collapse There is a terrifying, asphyxiating tragedy unfolding in the...
When the EFCC freezes and unfreezes on command, my mother tongue fails me, so i laughed in Swahili, by Destiny O. Enabulele
The EFCC freezes Osun State’s account. Ten days to an election. The reason is “investigation.” The timing is...
CORRUPTION & CRIME
DSS arrests three more suspects over kidnap of Nasarawa varsity professor
Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested three more suspects allegedly linked to the kidnapping of a...
