President Bola Tinubu  and President Recep Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye Nigeria is Türkiye’s largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, with over 50 Turkish companies operating in the country and with investments totalling over $400 million. Nigeria’s exports to…

This debate is a mirror held up to our national condition. We are a society that glorifies the individual hustle, the survival instinct that built our fintech success. Yet that same hyper-individualism constantly defeats the sustained collective action needed to…

A few days ago, as President Tinubu was making news for all the wrong reasons in Ankara, on the heels of his state visit to the Republic of Turkey, I found myself less than five hours away from him. But…

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, may the blessings and peace be upon our beloved master Muhammad, the last of Prophets, on his family, and all…

The 23rd of January should be declared as the World Betrayal Day, says godfather Kwankwaso, as his godson and Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, made his unilateral declaration of independence, and abandoned the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for…

Regional organisations and integration in Africa are rooted in Pan-Africanism and the post-independence quest for unity, collective self-reliance, and development. Following the attainment of independence in the late 1950s and 1960s, African leaders recognized that political fragmentation and small national…

Russia’s Africa Corps mercenaries. Nigeria has spent decades investing in regional stability, often at a high cost. A security model that fractures regional institutions undermines that investment. Nigeria should diversify security cooperation and refuse to let any one foreign actor…

I am Nigerian, and like many Nigerians of my generation, I did not grow up being taught to fully interrogate colonialism beyond a few paragraphs in a history textbook. It was often presented as a closed chapter — something unfortunate…

A bank official, on Thursday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja how about N3.1 billion to some local governments in Kogi State was transferred into a private company’s account and further distributed to other individuals and entities in eight…

I write on behalf of myself and the rest of the masses of Nigeria. With the wastage and hopelessness that the Tinubu administration has thrown Nigeria into, Nigerians were elated when we woke up one morning and read about the…

In 2021, Nigeria’s then Federal Minister of Health issued a ministerial order approving the use of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation during pregnancy to address widespread anaemia, malnutrition and high risk of maternal mortality faced by Nigerian women. This ministerial order effectively…

The broader lesson is clear: in the digital age, speed without credibility is dangerous. Accuracy, transparency, and trust must move just as fast. The National Crisis Communication Hub seeks to institutionalise these principles, ensuring that Nigeria’s democracy is judged by…

Three occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz were heading to work on a good Friday morning. One was the driver, another was the aide, and their oga patapata. They came to crawling traffic on George Street in Ikoyi, Lagos, en route…

This is why the Kannywood conversation is timely. With NITDA announcing a partnership with the Future Map Foundation to establish a world-class film studio in Kano to support the industry’s digital growth, the focus must go beyond infrastructure. Capacity-building programmes…

Life’s many troubles come in varying shades, shapes and characters to people.  The rich man has his own volley of troubles, and the poor daily deals with his own deluge of struggles. You must have heard stories of people clobbered…