Opinion - Page 2

BY BLAISE UDUNZE Nigeria stands today at a troubling intersection where its ballooning debt profile and the 27 percent Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) collide to choke growth and deepen hardship. The Central

By Bayo Adeleke There is no doubt that current crisis between Dangote Refinery and NUPENG is a battle for the fragile soul of Nigeria, especially in the oil and gas sector. Many

By BLAISE UDUNZE The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at its 302nd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday, announced a modest cut in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), trimming it by 50

By Blaise Udunze When the Federal Government announced with much fanfare that it had disbursed a colossal N330 billion in cash transfers to poor Nigerians, I paused, not in celebration, but in

By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson For decades, Nigeria has lived with a cruel irony. Beneath our soil lies an ocean of crude oil, yet on our roads and in our factories, we rely on

Prince Chris Azor Nigeria’s unemployment crisis remains one of its most daunting socio-economic challenges, with millions of citizens, especially young people left stranded in the shadows of opportunity. Against this backdrop, the

By BLAISE UDUNZE As the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Monday, anticipation is running high. For the first time in nearly two years, the signals suggest the

By Abidemi Adebamiwa Question Nigerians Keep Asking Every election season, Nigerians ask the same question. Can we ever get a governor or president who is truly clean, a leader without baggage, without

By Zayyad I. Muhammad The insecurity challenges in Nigeria, particularly banditry, have defied simplistic solutions. While the kinetic approach, military and law enforcement operations; has achieved some notable successes, it has not

By Chief Lawson.A Omokhodion The high rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria has increasingly become a frustrating scandal. Despite the far-reaching reforms the Tinubu government has undertaken in the past two years,