Editorial: Tinubu’s Fuel Subsidy Removal Paradox
Nigeria’s oil sector is a study in paradox, and the Tinubu administration appears content to watch the contradiction unfold. More than a year after the removal of fuel subsidies and…
Spotlight: Twin Tragedies of Life Expectancy and Liberty – Nigeria’s Shame Under Tinubu
It is a bitter irony of leadership when the nation entrusted to preserve life instead witnesses its citizens die younger than anywhere else; and then cages them in the worst…
Tracking Nigerian public projects – By Sonala Olumhense
In the end, last week’s Arise TV interview with the Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, ended somewhat productively. I had moments when I feared an outbreak of fisticuffs across…
ASUU Declares Nationwide Two-Week Warning Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a total and comprehensive two-week warning strike affecting all public universities across Nigeria. The Union’s National President, Professor Chris Piwuna, made…
Council Of State Approves Amupitan As New INEC Chairman
The National Council of State has approved the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This was disclosed in…
Dangote Refinery, Oil Workers’ Unions and Nigeria’s Struggle for Accountability – By Ifeanyi Izeze
It’s increasingly difficult to ignore the troubling contradictions in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, particularly when it comes to the role of the oil workers’unions. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)…
Daring the Dangote monopoly – By Lekan Sote
Nigeria’s tribe of pseudo-socialists and Marxists, who hardly understand the demands of economics, appear to be behind their trade union ideological kinsmen who are fighting Dangote Refinery, possibly on behalf…
Presidency Rejects World Bank’s Poverty Report, Says It Does Not Reflect Reality
The Presidency has challenged the latest economic report from the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million Nigerians live in poverty. The government described the figure as “unrealistic” and disconnected…
Editorial: Foreign Airlines are Fleecing Nigerians
Nigeria has become the most expensive airspace in Africa – an open-air bazaar where foreign airlines fleece passengers with impunity, while the government of President Bola Tinubu stands idly by.…
Spotlight: UBA’s Season of Progress Redefining Financial Inclusion in Africa
In a continent where millions remain outside the reach of formal finance, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc shines as a beacon of innovation and inclusion – a pan-African institution…