By Owei Lakemfa. I have, given my experience as a retired labour leader, journalist, patriot and human rights activist, risen in the last few weeks to defend the fundamental rights of workers
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By Blaise Udunze In a year when Nigeria’s economy continues to groan under the weight of inflation, unemployment, and weak purchasing power, the banking sector has once again recorded a massive windfall,
By Zayyad I. Muhammad 1. Immediate Actions: Dispatch a high-level delegation to Washington: President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu should immediately send a high-powered delegation composed of respected Nigerian statesmen, business leaders, and
By Blaize Udunze When a nation is bleeding economically, with inflation at historic highs and citizens gasping for survival, one expects government policy to offer relief, not suffocation. Yet, President Bola Ahmed
By Abidemi Adebamiwa Public office is a trust held on behalf of the people. It is not a personal reward or a family inheritance. That trust comes with responsibilities, boundaries, and expectations.
By Blaise Udunze In Nigeria’s banking industry, profit has become more a press release than a performance. Every results season, the same storyline plays out with record profits, rising assets, and promises
By James Okonkwo When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu issued three Executive Orders in March 2024 affecting the oil and gas sector, critics rushed to interpret them as a blow to Nigeria’s local
By Zayyad I. Muhammad In the 2023 general elections, Yobe State, long regarded as an All Progressives Congress (APC) fortress, delivered one of the biggest political surprises of the season. Despite decades
By Ephraim Makke In most democratic states, there is always the tendency for citizens to assume, though erroneously, that the exercise of the rights guaranteed under the Constitution is absolute and without
By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson When the Dangote Refinery was inaugurated, the headlines were dominated by statistics — barrels per day, billions of dollars, and the unprecedented scale of its engineering ambition. Yet beyond