Editorial: Tinubu’s Borrowing Spree Is Mortgaging Nigeria’s Future
Nigeria is being sold by the pound, and the auctioneer sits smugly in Aso Rock. Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, Nigeria has plunged headlong into…
Exclusive: International Donors Raise Concerns Over Tinubu’s Escalating Defense Spending
With billions spent on foreign arms while poverty worsens, with little improvement in security outcomes; a growing number of international development partners and donor agencies are voicing serious concerns over…
Spotlight: Nigeria in Chains – 2027 & Perils of One-Party Dictatorship
As Nigeria marches toward the 2027 general elections, warning signs are flashing red on the democratic dashboard. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) is tightening its grip on…
I Derive Joy Stepping On Toes Of Big Men – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he derives joy from stepping on the toes of ‘big men’. Wike, who made this known during a media…
Smoke & Mirrors Inc.
Thursday was President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary in office. He was a happy but deluded man, identifying, in his anniversary speech, “undeniable” progress. “I proudly affirm that our economic reforms…
Editorial: Nigeria’s Shameful Attempt to Silence Senator Natasha
In a democracy, truth should hold power. The judicial process should serve justice, not be weaponized against those who dare to speak up. But in Nigeria today, the Federal Government…
NASS Receives Tinubu’s Request For $21.5bn Loan, ₦758bn Pension Bond
The National Assembly has received a formal request from President Bola Tinubu seeking approval for a $21.5 billion external loan and a ₦758 billion domestic bond to settle outstanding pension…
FIRS Onboards Taxpayers As E-Invoicing Kicks Off July 25
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has begun to onboard large taxpayers on its Merchant Buyer Solution (MBS) interface ahead of the full implementation of the National E-Invoicing project, scheduled…
Missing Fuel Subsidy Savings: World Bank, NNPCL and FG’s Game of Deceit
The nation’s apex oil concern, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) allegedly remitted only half of the fuel subsidy savings thus far and the World Bank is the one…
Octopus Wike And The PDP
Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the most difficult circumstances.…