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APC’s Consensus Game And The Battle For 2027
As preparations for the 2027 elections intensify, debates around consensus candidates within the APC are growing, with some aspirants alleging they are being sidelined ahead of party primaries. Analysts warn that the increasi...
Are Nigerians Ready For This Year’s Flood?
As the rainy season intensifies across Nigeria, concerns are once again rising over the threat of flooding in many communities.Over the years, floods have destroyed homes, displaced families, washed away farmlands and claimed hundreds o...
Do Nigerians Really Want Jonathan Back?
More than a decade after leaving office, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is once again becoming a major topic in Nigeria’s political conversation.From social media campaigns to growing public debates, some Nigerians say the cou...
Why Tinubu Created A New Homeland Security Office
As Nigeria continues to grapple with insecurity and evolving security threats, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken a new step by creating the office of Special Adviser on Homeland Security.The move, which comes amid growing concer...
Is The Senate Becoming A Retirement Home For Politicians?
As preparations for the 2027 elections gather pace, growing numbers of outgoing governors and former state leaders are showing interest in Senate seats. This trend is raising questions among Nigerians about why many politicia...
Degrees vs Tech Skills—What Really Matters In Today’s Nigeria?
For years, a university degree was seen as a major pathway to success in Nigeria, but rising unemployment and the high cost of education are now making many young people question that belief. While some graduates struggle to ...
Should Nigerian Politicians Be Sanctioned For Defecting?
In Nigeria’s political space, loyalty is often tested and sometimes, it doesn’t last.A wave of defections is sweeping through the country sparking debate, raising eyebrows, and leaving many voters wondering where their leaders truly sta...
Can The NDC Become Nigeria’s New Third Force In The Election Race?
In Nigeria’s political space, alliances are rarely permanent and loyalties often shift when least expected.In recent days, the political scene has been stirred by fresh realignments and heated debates, following reports of key figures l...
How Fuel Hike Is Pushing Abuja Residents To Public Transport
As petrol prices continue to rise, many residents of Abuja are being forced to rethink how they move around the city. For some, owning a car is no longer a convenience but a burden, as the cost of fueling it becomes increasingly dif...
Is Nigeria’s Opposition Repeating 2023 Mistakes?
As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, familiar patterns of division within the opposition are beginning to re-emerge.In 2023, key figures like Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ran on separate platfo...
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...