Opinion
Nigeria’s Inflation: Disconnection between figures and realities
By Blaise Udunze-- When the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that Nigeria’s inflation rate had dropped to 18.02 percent...
Read moreDetailsHow Nigerian banks built N219trn asset empire on depositors’ funds
By Blaise Udunze-- In the first quarter of 2025, Nigeria’s 10 largest banks proudly reported a combined total asset base...
Read moreDetailsCapital Flight and Politics of Betrayal: When leaders stop believing in their own economy
By Blaise Udunze-- Nigeria’s economy is bleeding, not from the absence of money, but from the silent, systemic outflow of...
Read moreDetailsWaves of Innovation: How FirstBank turned Lagos into Africa’s electric playground
By Kazeem Ugbodaga-- The Lagos Lagoon glistened in shades of blue and gold as electric powerboats sliced through the water,...
Read moreDetailsDangote vs the Oil Cartels: When the Cheese Finally Moved
By Abiodun Alade-- Nigeria, it has often been said, is a land where paradox has become a way of life....
Read moreDetailsThe bumps on the road to pick next INEC Chairman
WorldStage-- As Nigeria enters another season of shopping for credible, acceptable new chairman for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
Read moreDetailsNigeria: How banks’ appetite for government debt chokes growth
By Blaise Udunze -- In a healthy economy, banks serve as the arteries through which capital flows to productive enterprises,...
Read moreDetailsMinister Nnaji’s certificate forgery controversy and the burden of proof
By Segun Otokiti The integrity of Nigeria’s public office is once again being tested with the emergence of a certificate...
Read moreDetailsNigeria Happened to ‘Sommie’: Her Death, Bleeding Wound of a Failing State
By Ebuka Ukoh She was bright and beautiful. Courage and conviction defined her. At 29, Somotochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, also fondly...
Read moreDetailsNigeria @ 65: Time To Retire Excuses
By Ebuka Ukoh My earliest memory of the Nigerian Independence Day celebration dates back to my days at the American...
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