Exclusive: Inside the Critical Hours before the US Strikes against ISIS in Nigeria
On Christmas Day, the United States executed a series of airstrikes against suspected Islamic State (IS) positions in Sokoto State, Nigeria, marking an unprecedented kinetic intervention in West Africa. Behind…
Tinubu Gave Go-Ahead For US Strikes, Nigeria Provided Intelligence — FG
The Nigeria government says President Bola Tinubu gave the go-ahead for the US strikes against terrorists in the country’s North-Western region. Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, said this on Friday,…
US Military Strikes ISIS Terrorists In Nigeria On Trump’s Orders
United States President Donald Trump said US forces conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday, after he warned the group to stop killing…
President Tinubu`s 2025 Christmas Goodwill Message
My Fellow Nigerians, As we mark this year’s Christmas, may the love of Christ and his message of grace, hope, peace, and goodwill to humanity abide with us all. Beyond…
spotlight: Tinubu’S $4.7 billion mortgage of tomorrow’s oil to pay today’s bills
Nigeria’s national oil company, NNPCL is preparing to sign its largest crude-for-cash deal yet, a $4.7bn financing with Saudi Aramco that would refinance an earlier $3.3bn facility known as Project…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Constitutional Crime in Plain Sight
If the allegations now before the Nigerian public are even remotely true, then President Bola Tinubu has crossed a constitutional rubicon from aggressive governance into outright lawlessness; presiding over one…
Dangotequake And Other Quakes – By Wole Olaoye
I was going to launch a campaign for President Tinubu to sack the minister of petroleum until I remembered that the petroleum portfolio is firmly under the belt of the…
Exorbitant Air Ticket Prices: Time To Act – By Abubakar K. Yakubu
Nigeria is a country deeply rooted in tradition, culture and communal life. One enduring feature of our national life is the annual movement of people from urban centres back to…
Farouk Ahmed’s Resignation- By Nick Dazang
“Good wine”, the time-honoured saying goes, “needs no bush”. Translation: a good product needs no advertisement. When Aliko Dangote began building his refinery in 2016, he must have envisioned that…
Detty, not dirty December – By Akeem Lasisi
One exciting wind currently blowing across Lagos and some other parts of the country is the phenomenon called Detty December. Interestingly, a movie just unveiled by Nollywood star, Ini Edo,…