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Side Hustles Become Lifeline For Nigerian Workers
Today is International Workers’ Day, but for many Nigerians, rising costs of living have made salaries insufficient to meet basic needs. As a result, a growing number of workers now rely on side hustles to survive....
Why Attacks Keep Happening Despite Military Operations In Nigeria?
The sound of gunfire has become an unwanted echo in many Nigerian communities.Despite repeated military offensives and government assurances, attacks on villages continue to claim lives, destroy homes, and force families to flee thei...
Why Leaders Pick Successors Before Party Primaries
As Nigeria inches closer to the 2027 election cycle, a quiet but significant political trend is gaining attention across the country. Increasingly, some political leaders are openly indicating their preferred successors long before party primar...
Why Nigerians Are Being Attacked In South Africa
Across towns and cities in South Africa, fear is once again knocking on the doors of Nigerians and other foreign nationals.From protests on the streets to businesses forced to shut their doors, the tension is rising and the uncertainty ...
Can A United Opposition Unseat APC In 2027?
Nigeria’s political atmosphere is heating up ahead of the 2027 general elections, with opposition parties already making moves. Last weekend in Ibadan, leaders of the PDP, ADC, NNPP and others met at a national summit to stre...
What You Should Know About The New BVN Rules
If you use mobile banking in Nigeria, new BVN rules will take effect from May 1 across all BVN-linked bank accounts. The Central Bank of Nigeria says the measures including one device per banking app, extra verification for d...
Can New Ministers Fix Nigeria’s Challenges?
For many Nigerians, a cabinet reshuffle should bring hope that new leaders will tackle long-standing problems and improve daily life.But across the country, families are still struggling with rising living costs, unstable electricity, a...
Has Strike Become The Only Way To Be Heard?
In Nigeria today, the sound of silence is often broken not by dialogue, but by disruption.Classrooms suddenly empty. Hospital corridors grow quieter. Offices lock their gates. And across the country, workers hang placards and down tools wai...
How Sokoto Onion Farmers Lost Their Harvest To Fire
For many farmers in Sokoto State, harvest season should bring relief after months of hard work and investment, but a fresh fire outbreak has turned hope into heartbreak.The incident destroyed 2,275 bags of onions worth about ...
Why Every Nigerian Now Owes ₦724,000
Nigeria’s public debt continues to rise, with the latest Debt Management Office figures showing it stood at ₦159.28 trillion as of December 31, 2025—an estimated ₦724,000 burden for every Nigerian citizen. These numbers are r...
Did Removing Fuel Subsidy Really Save Nigeria?
When Nigeria removed fuel subsidy in 2023, the decision was presented as a painful but necessary step to rescue the nation’s finances. Government officials argued that subsidy payments were draining public resources and pushing the country deep...
Will Cutting Import Duties Really Reduce Food Prices?
Across markets in Nigeria today, one thing is becoming increasingly clear the cost of feeding a family is rising faster than incomes.From Abuja to Kano… from Lagos to Maiduguri… many households now spend a larger share of their ea...
Why Four Years Is Not Enough For Tinubu – Bayo Onanuga
As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, attention is shifting not only to who wants power, but also to how long elected leaders should remain in office. While presidents and governors can serve two terms of four ye...
Is Your Salary Enough In Nigeria Today?
For many Nigerians, payday no longer brings relief, as salaries are quickly stretched across transport, rent, food, and other basic needs. Rising inflation, economic instability, and policy changes have left many workers stru...
Can Nigeria Opposition Parties Unite Before 2027?
Leadership disputes, protests, and growing divisions within opposition parties are raising fresh concerns about political unity ahead of Nigeria’s next general election.With factions emerging and internal battles dominating headlines, m...
Can Farmers Get Better Harvests Despite Rising Costs?
As the rainy season begins across Nigeria, farmers are preparing their fields and planting crops. But rising costs of fertilizer, seeds, and labour combined with unpredictable weather are making farming more challenging than ever. ...
Why ADC Faces Uncertainty Ahead Of Its Convention
As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, preparations for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) national convention have been clouded by internal disputes, legal challenges, and concerns raised by INEC over due process. Su...
Why Killings Persist In Plateau State
In Plateau State, repeated attacks in communities like Angwan Rukuba and Ban have left many residents living in fear and uncertainty.What was once shocking is now becoming a troubling pattern of violence. In this episode of N...
How I Lost My NYSC Brother After The Jos Attack
Fear and uncertainty have once again gripped residents of Jos, Plateau State, after a deadly attack shattered the peace of a quiet community in Angwan Rukuba. What began as a normal night quickly turned into chaos, as gunmen opened fire, forcin...
What The Law Says About Holding Office While Seeking Election
Political ambition is a normal part of Nigeria’s democracy, but holding public office while preparing to contest another position has raised fresh questions about fairness and accountability.With the recent directive asking political ap...
How Nigerians Are Struggling To Survive
For many Nigerians, daily life now begins with calculating how to afford transportation, food, and basic needs. Rising fuel prices have increased transport fares, food costs, and rent, leaving many workers with little or ...
Why Freedom Of Speech Feels Threatened
Nigeria operates under a democratic system where citizens are expected to enjoy fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, but recent events are raising concerns. Reports of arrests linked to criticism of government...
What Internal Grievances Mean For APC Ahead Of Its Convention
As Nigeria inches closer to another political season, the air within the ruling party is anything but calm. Beneath the public show of unity, murmurs of dissatisfaction are growing louder from zoning disputes to leadership struggles and allegat...
Why Are Nigerians Still Dying From Curable Tuberculosis?
Despite medical advances and the availability of free treatment, Tuberculosis (TB) continues to claim thousands of lives across Nigeria every year. Many cases are linked to late diagnosis, poor awareness, and the stigma that keeps p...