Bold, unfiltered takes on Africa, Life, Society and Culture.
Nigeria is on the edge of a tectonic shift. The recently announced plan to expand Dangote Petroleum Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to an eye‑watering 1.4 million bpd by 2028…
KANO — Bola Ahmed Tinubu stood before 1,187 newly commissioned Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, yesterday, and he made one thing clear: the federal…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dropped a political thunderbolt in Abuja, forwarding a fresh list of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation — barely days after sending an…
Last week, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did what many thought he would keep dodging: he stepped up. In a move soaked in urgency and political daring, he declared a nationwide…
ABUJA — At the 2025 Minister–Regulator–Telecoms Executives Forum hosted by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, dropped…
When Dr Dennis Otuaro stepped into the driver’s seat of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in March 2024, he didn’t just pick up a job title. He grabbed an opportunity…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has publicly denounced the growing culture of negotiations and “sorry‑sorry” gestures towards terrorists. Speaking at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival in Jos,…
In the dead of night — around 3:43 a.m. on Friday, November 28, 2025 — chaos flickered to life at Nkwo Enugu-Ukwu Market Square in Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra…
After more than a decade in maritime wilderness, Nigeria is back where it belongs — at the high table of global shipping governance. On November 28, 2025, at the assembly…
WASHINGTON — In a move that sends chill down the spine of every would-be immigrant from the Global South, U.S. President Donald Trump decreed on Thursday a “permanent pause” on…