Nigeria’s 63% Poverty Surge: Reform, Inflation and the New Hardship Economy As poverty in Nigeria climbs toward 63%, affecting about 141 million people, economists debate whether President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are the cause of the crisis—or the painful medicine needed to stabilise Africa’s largest economy. A Nation Where Poverty Now Touches Most Households Nigeria entered Read More…
Former Central Bank Deputy Governor and 2019 presidential candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has broken his silence on his departure from the Nigerian political arena, describing his return to international professional life as a transformative and necessary move for his personal well-being. In a candid statement shared recently, Moghalu addressed the persistent “Nigeria needs you” narrative, Read More…
We have recently witnessed spirited protests and media contestations on the electoral bill then in the works and now signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. If you immerse yourself too deeply in the emotive tragicomedy, you may miss the tragedy of how politics has torn the fabric of brotherhood down the middle, or the Read More…
Aguda does not wait for official briefings before forming opinions. Once the topic enters a beer parlour, it leaves with a verdict. That was how Section 60 of the Electoral Act arrived at our table—between two bottles and one exaggerated sense of civic responsibility. I had barely sat down when Chiboy cleared his throat like Read More…
We called him Muri, as if he was just the big bro next door. That was how intimate our imaginary relationship with him was. Murtala Muhammed was the hero of our youth. We accepted him, warts and all. He was different. As soon as he was pronounced Head of State after the overthrow of General Read More…
Talking about coups, the most benevolent military regime that ever ruled Nigeria was the one led by General Yakubu Gowon while the most principled one was led by his successor, General Murtala Muhammed, who committed billions of dollars and other logistic requirements towards the liberation struggle in Southern Africa. Easily the most bestial of all Read More…
In recent times, quite a number of ponderous statements have been credited to some self-styled ‘northern’ groups as regards the economy and governance. You would think the other zones of the country escorted them to the world. How presumptuous some people can get! Of course, I understand the game. Every politician wants to be relevant. Read More…
Congratulations to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, all members of Nigerian academia, and the Nigerian government for finally renegotiating the conditions of service of academic staff in Nigerian universities after many years of failed government implementation of the original 2009 agreement. Maybe we can now begin to experience a return to normalcy in universities Read More…
The Federal Government has moved swiftly to assert control over the narrative regarding the Christmas Day airstrikes in Northwest Nigeria, revealing on Boxing Day that the operation was executed based on “credible intelligence” provided by Nigerian security agencies. The disclosure comes as diplomatic fault lines emerge between Abuja and Washington D.C., with the U.S. administration Read More…
The Federal Government has confirmed that a series of “precision hits” were carried out against terrorist targets in Northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, part of a joint security operation involving United States military assets. The high-profile strikes, which occurred late on December 25, 2025, have drawn sharply contrasting official narratives from Abuja and Washington D.C. Read More…