Fifty years ago, the signing of the Treaty of Lagos heralded what many hoped would become Africa’s most potent force for regional integration and peace: the Economic Community of West African States (...
By 2025, Southeast Nigeria will have endured four turbulent years under the shadow of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) enforced sit-at-home orders. What began in August 2021 as a symbolic act ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Nigeria’s gatekeeper to tertiary education, is embroiled in a firestorm of controversy following the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinatio...
When white smoke curled into the Roman sky and the world learned that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Pope Leo XIV—an American—it was met with mixed emotions acro...
China and Nigeria, two continental giants that entered the late 1970s with similar per capita incomes, have since taken opposite economic trajectories. In China, the decisive moment was Deng Xiaoping’...
Nigeria’s transportation sector, a vital artery for economic and social life, is plagued by a chronic ailment: unregulated fares. This free-for-all system, where prices fluctuate wildly based on whims...
Ponzi schemes, fraudulent investment scams promising high returns with little risk, have plagued Nigeria for decades, exploiting economic vulnerabilities and the allure of quick wealth. From the infam...
Rivers State is currently facing a pressing and time-sensitive threat. The oil-rich state has come under intense political scrutiny following President Bola Tinubu’s state of emergency proclamation on...
Undoubtedly, the United States’ President Donald Trump does not appear to be a man of peace. He does not even care to be seen as such. Trump is cast in the mould of someone who loves a fight and is al...
As the shipping industry edges closer to adopting a global carbon levy, African countries are making a strong case for fairness, equity, and opportunity in the race to decarbonise international shippi...