Here’s the illusion explained by Nigeria’s Minister for Solid Minerals: “When we resumed, the entire sector generated ₦6 billion annually. By the end of 2024, we hit ₦38 billion. And this was with just 18% of our ₦29 billion budgetary allocation released. It shows how effective our policy framework...
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Nigeria’s power sector constitutes a national emergency, throttling economic potential and perpetuating poverty. Over 200 million citizens endure perennial blackouts, with grid supply averaging a mere 4,200 megawatts in early 2026—per the latest Nigerian Electricity System Operator (NISO) bulletin—against an installed capacity of 13,500 megawatts. This deficit exacts a...
Mobile betting apps have long been the primary tool for betting, especially in countries where smartphones are the main means of accessing the internet. In Ghana, most players use the app rather than the browser version because it is faster and more convenient. At the same time, security issues...
Nigeria’s youth problem is often described too narrowly. It is usually framed as unemployment, restiveness, or a lack of opportunity. In truth, it is far deeper and far more perilous than that. Nigeria’s youth problem is a long-standing failure, by the state and by society, to productively integrate young...
The unfolding contest within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State between the camps of Hyacinth Alia and George Akume is being framed as a dispute over ward, local government, and state party congresses. But that description understates the gravity of what is happening. This is not merely...
The second conference of the National Economic Council, convened on 9 and 10 February 2026, was not another calendar obligation dressed up as policy theatre. It was a working session of a federation intent on maturing. For the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, constitutionally mandated as secretariat...
There are political downfalls that arrive quietly, like a candle losing its flame. Then there are collapses so loud, so graceless, so self-inflicted that the society watching can only wince. Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai belongs firmly in the second category. His descent from a once-influential technocrat to a roaming megaphone...
Alright, fam! Let’s be honest—raising a toddler sometimes feels like being a pit crew for a tiny Formula 1 driver. Toys everywhere, socks in the fridge (don’t ask), and your kid zooming around like Lightning McQueen after a double espresso. That’s where a Montessori bed from BusyWood comes in—floor-level,...
Minimalist design is a timeless approach to most productions and developments today because it can be cost-effective if done right. Perhaps Aviator games hosted by gambling platforms like betway could be another testament to the efficiency of this approach. In an industry as overwhelming as online gambling, Aviator games...
If an individual can steal from the government with impunity and we only discover it many years later, after the fact, it means we have no effective checks and balances. Due to a lack of checks and balances, the nation has become a prison where everyone is trying to...
Governor Okpebholo’s latest award as the Governor of the Year in education is a clear recognition of his huge investment to rescuing the sector from its previous rots by the immediate past Governor Godwin Obaseki. Edo state educational sector was abandoned despite the hoopla that greeted the touted EDOBESST...
As the saying goes, “All that glitters is not gold.” The classic phrase means not everything that looks valuable or attractive is actually worth it. Think of it like seeing a fancy car and assuming it’s super expensive, but it turns out it’s just a flashy replica. People, things,...
Nigeria’s electoral framework has been plagued by persistent legal uncertainty, forcing courts to determine election outcomes. This uncertainty stems from a fundamental failure: the absence of strong regulatory processes backed by express statutory authority. With every election cycle, we rush to amend the Electoral Act. Yet we continue to...
The political ground is shifting beneath Nigeria’s most historically assertive and politically independent region: the South-East. Since 2015, when the All Progressive Congress (@OfficialAPCNg) took over governance, the region became the home of opposition politics and often the dissenting conscience of the federation. However, it is rife to state...
Within the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential threat. For decades, the local press served as the bedrock of our national identity, but today, that foundation is being hollowed out by unregulated global digital gatekeepers. Led by Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, the...
Africa’s future is too often discussed in the abstract, as if it were a distant promise. In truth, the continent’s youth are already powerful force— dynamic, restless, and actively shaping realities on the ground. The central question is no longer whether Africa’s youth will influence the continent’s trajectory, but...
A phenomenal wind of change is blowing across third-tier governance in Borno State, with the inauguration of the state’s 27 newly elected local government council chairmen on Thursday, January 29, as a Launchpad. In a strategic shift in grassroots governance, named Zulum’s New Formula, about sixty per cent of...
I am writing this piece from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA where I spent a white Christmas resting away from my extremely tight schedule back home in Nigeria. I needed the rest after two years without vacation. But the below 46`F average daily weather proves a little tough for me to...
Last week, we promised to examine the choices available to Iran and the United States, as well as how military confrontation might unfold. We also noted that Israel reportedly considered using nuclear weapons in its last war with Iran—an approach known as the Samson Option. We stated that if...
*My Justification: Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Represents Peace, Justice, and the Voice for the Voiceless in Nigeria.* For over four decades, Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, has stood as one of Nigeria’s most fearless defenders of the oppressed, the marginalized, and the constitution itself. His name is inseparable from...