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A Forecast Is Not a Verdict: Why The Economist Misreads 2027
By KOLA ALAPINNI The Economist’s “Nigerians Dislike Their President, But May Re-elect Him Anyway” is a confident piece, and a narrow one. It grants the dislike, then treats it as
Tegbe’s 24-hour energy zones and the shift from megawatts to money
By SUFUYAN OJEIFO There is a point at which a country’s electricity problem ceases to be merely an electricity problem. It becomes a problem of economic geography. Where can factories
Can Nigeria build new millionaires through Dangote IPO?
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA Nigeria has a long, painful, and largely unreported history with shares. The promise of ownership has repeatedly been used to separate ordinary citizens from their savings, and
Citizenship-by-investment: EU deadline throws Nigerian golden passport holders into uncertainty
… EU, UK others toeing Trump’s stringent immigration stance – Foreign policy expert … Calls for domestic policy reset … Focus may be shifted to residency schemes in Malta, Greece,
When Lagos plans to sabotage federal policy on lecturers’ salaries
By OLUGBENGA OWOLABI When President Bola Tinubu assumed duties on May 29, 2023, he did not waste time to begin his Renewed Hope Agenda. Immediately, on the first day, he
Nigeria @66: CISLAC calls for end to impunity, stronger institutions
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Transparency International Chapter in Nigeria, has called for an end to impunity, stronger democratic institutions, justice, peace and inclusive economic prosperity as Nigeria
NCDMB under Felix Ogbe: The Board’s contribution to Tinubu’s economic agenda
By Emmanuel Okotie-Eboh Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe as Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on December 7, 2023, the
Cobwebs, cockroaches and forgotten boxes: The silent decay of Mike Okiro’s Lagos Police Information Points
By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA Years after Sir Mike Mbama Okiro served as Commissioner of Police in Lagos State and later rose to become Inspector-General of Police, a quiet but telling symbol
When the rejoinder becomes the story, who is telling Ekiti’s tourism story
By Ganiyu Olowu There is a moment in every public disagreement when explanation stops clarifying the issue and begins to become the issue itself. That moment may have arrived in
Investigating and understanding Oborevwori’s triangular tide
By Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tide is a tide anywhere, but a tide assumes connotative colours when it becomes triangular in build and action. Like a cumulonimbus cloud endowed with both
