Invisible Looting, Visible Suffering: The Real Cost of Subsidy Removal
By Olufemi Aduwo SIR: What was sold to Nigerians as “reform” has revealed itself as something far more sinister: State-sanctioned extraction masquerading as economic policy. Consider the numbers. Between 2015…
NBA deepen concepts, admits 110 students
The National Broadcast Academy (NBA) has admitted 110 students into its 2026 academic session as part of efforts to strengthen innovation, capacity building and productivity within Nigeria’s media sector. Acting…
Dangote deserves red carpet reception, thunderous applause
By Nduka Uzuakpundu IT appears eerily quiet, for now, in the petroleum sector of the Nigerian economy. The recent dust raised by the heated disagreement between the Dangote Group, headed…
Are we not all Nigerian Citizens under the Constitution?
By Ikenna Okoli, SAN Uzodimma “Uzo” Oladele Okonkwo was born in Lagos just before the onset of the Nigerian/Biafran civil war. During the civil war, his father, who was married…
Diezani trial: UK contractor details luxury assets, property, unpaid bills
A former building contractor has given detailed testimony about the renovation and management of high-value London properties linked to Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, as her bribery…
Imo based Ghanaian in police net for de-roofing tenant’s house
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a Ghanaian national, Samuel Frimpong, for allegedly removing the roof of his tenant’s apartment in Mgbuoba, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of…
Chinese, 59, arrested over alleged rape of Ogun woman
A 59-year-old Chinese national has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman at a quarry site in the Kobape area of Ogun State. On Wednesday that the incident occurred on…
Court nullifies FG revocation of Dawes oil licence
The Federal High Court in Lagos has nullified the revocation of the Dawes Island Marginal Field licence held by Eurafric Energy Limited, ruling that the action by the Ministry of…
The Gun Hegemony: Opadokun’s chronicle of Nigeria’s military dominance
By Felix Oboagwina Launched in Lagos on January 15, the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s first Military coup, “The Gun Hegemony”, the 428-page book by elder statesman, Ayo Opadokun, delivers a…
Religious Mob: A Personal Story From Northern Nigeria
By Adetola Odusote The painful killing of Mrs Christiana Oluwatoyin Oluwaseun by Muslim extremist secondary school students in Gombe in 2007 was a tragic incident that deeply grieved me when…