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Fidelity Bank to unlock growth opportunities for northern businesses with quarterly business forum in Kano
Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, is set to host the next edition of its Quarterly Business Forum on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, in Kano, bringing together business owners, entrepreneurs, industry leaders and key stakeholders to explore opportunities...
City Boy Movement: FTSE’s Nigeria frontier market restoration validates Tinubu’s reforms
The City Boy Movement, Nigeria’s premier youth advocacy organisation, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the economic reforms...
The subsidy question: Is the presidency right, and can Atiku convince a suffering Nigeria?, by Cliff Stanley
“Economic reform is not measured by the pain it imposes, but by the prosperity it ultimately produces.” Nigeria’s renewed...
Beyond limits: When the Nigerian Bar listened to a voice from outside the traditional legal space
"A nation does not move beyond it's limits by silencing unconventional voices, it move forward when institutions possess...
As Dolly Parton parted, by Erasmus Ikhide
THERE are rare souls who walk across the terrestrial plane not merely as inhabitants, but as meteorological events—forces of...
The aroma of polling unit dev’t fund (kudin akwati) and its exigencies: Gwaram LGA as a case study, by Yunusa Hamza
Some government policies are announced; others are implemented, but only a few become deeply rooted in the consciousness...
Yobe govt, UNDP train vigilantes, hunters on mental health, peacebuilding
As insecurity continues to strain communities in the North-East, the Yobe Government and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have begun...
When desperation wears religion, by Destiny O. Enabulele
The indices that were a pointer to the inevitability of 1966 coup were not this debasing as it...
Diarrhea of the mouth: When leaders speak like gangsters, by Destiny O. Enabulele
“All is fair in politics.” “Election is not served a la carte in a restaurant and must be...
Before Okpebholo takes the bullets on dilapidated roads in Edo (Part 1), by Erasmus Ikhide
THE tragedy of public discourse in Nigeria is our collective propensity for convenient amnesia. Too often, political actors and...
Nigerians’ curiosity amid the current economic situation, by Ahmed Ghani Hassan
For years, many economists have called for the removal of fuel subsidies to drive economic growth and development....
The people are the opposition: Because the parties are silent, by Destiny O. Enabulele
It is the Nigeria people that are doing opposition. There is no opposition party. The last time we...
EDUCATION
ASUU Gombe suspends planned strike over salary implementation
By Ben Ngwakwe The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University branch, has suspended its planned total and indefinite...
AGRICULTURE
IFAD distributes farm inputs to 476 farmers in Taraba
By Terna Chikpa The Federal Government, through the International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP),...
FEATURES & INVESTIGATIONS
Buratai’s patriotism test: Country first or cover-up first?, by Destiny O. Enabulele
“Releasing President Tinubu’s US drug files will disgrace Nigeria.” That is Buratai’s position. Patriotism is to a country, not to an individual. Where is Buratai’s patriotism? What is the colour of Buratai’s unpatriotism? A nation that hides the truth...
John, Daniel or you are not Christian? Oghayerio can serve God too, by Destiny O. Enabulele
You were told in order to be Christian you must be John or Daniel. You cannot be Oghayerio....
When the revenue collector becomes a campaign fundraiser: An indictment of public finance under Tinubu, by Cliff Stanley
The reported appointment of Zach Adedeji, Executive Chairman of Nigeria’s revenue authority, to a fundraising role in President Bola...
Respect, first names, and leadership: The Tony Elumelu–UBA GMAP moment, by George Bamidele Ogunjimi
The recent interaction between Tony Elumelu and a young lady from the UBA Graduate Management Accelerated Programme...
2027: President Tinubu campaign council: Will Nigerians vote for continuity or accountability?, by Cliff Stanley
The composition of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 presidential campaign council has opened an important debate that goes...
CORRUPTION & CRIME
Osogbo shooting: One killed after Adeleke-Davido palace visit, Police vow arrest
One person has been killed in a shooting incident in Osogbo, Osun State, shortly after Governor Ademola Adeleke and...
