Op Ed

New electricity tariff is pro-poor, not a burden on majority of Nigerians

By Dapo Okubanjo

When the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced what has been described as a hike in electricity tariff, there was bedlam in the land even…

Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Cities: It is Housing and More

By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz

Penultimate Thursday at Karsana, a suburb of Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the pilot phase of his ambitious housing project tagged Renewed Hope…

President Tinubu: Building a healthy nation

by Fredrick Nwabufo

Think of that man whose blue skies are crimsoned by the ravages of cancer. He cannot afford to travel abroad to get the needed treatment and his access to life-saving medical care at home hangs…

Olayemi Cardoso’s Dilemma

By Tunde Rahman – 17 February 2023

Those who know Mr. Olayemi Cardoso will agree he got his current job as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria on a platter of solid professional background and strong personal attributes. His pedigree is rich as his…

Femi Falana, Covid-19 fund and the art of misrepresentation

- By Temitope Ajayi

There is a viral video where human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, made allusion to the sum of N135billion given to the 36 states in December 2023 at a memorial event in honour of…

Time to temper the headlines on Nigeria’s security challenges

By Bayo Onanuga

I woke up Tuesday to read some hair-raising headlines about kidnapping and killings in our country. “Over 17,000 Nigerians abducted under Buhari and Tinubu”, screamed one newspaper…

Tinubu and the quest to secure Nigeria’s natural resources

By Temitope Ajayi

For many decades, Nigeria’s move towards rapid development and economic growth was impaired by poor revenue despite the country’s abundant natural resources.

Eight Months of Tinubu Administration: Nigeria’s Stock Exchange Leads the World

by Bayo Onanuga

The Nigerian economy is looking good in some sectors. This is not a harebrained assessment, despite the high inflation and the unstable exchange rate of…

The whys and wherefores of Mr. President’s education drive