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Obafemi Fawibe

Xenophobic Attacks: Legislative Boycotts and Nigeria’s Asymmetric Bilateral Ties

Xenophobic Attacks: Legislative Boycotts and Nigeria’s Asymmetric Bilateral Ties

Obafemi Fawibe05 mins

The National Assembly has suspended all official parliamentary visits and legislative engagements with South Africa following renewed waves of xenophobic violence against Nigerian citizens. The resolution, jointly endorsed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, orders federal lawmakers, committee secretariats, and legislative staff to boycott bilateral exchanges in Pretoria until further notice. This diplomatic…

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How Inflation is Hollowing Out the Middle-Class Education Compact

How Inflation is Hollowing Out the Middle-Class Education Compact

Obafemi Fawibe06 mins

Private school proprietors across Nigeria have defended tuition and operational fee increases of up to 30 per cent ahead of the new academic term, citing punishing spikes in logistics, commercial energy tariffs, and food prices. The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) and independent operators maintain that these upward adjustments are unavoidable measures…

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Digital Education and The 100MB Band-Aid

Obafemi Fawibe07 mins

The Federal Government has announced that Nigerian tertiary students and public senior secondary learners will receive 100 megabytes of free daily data starting on the first of October to aid digital learning and academic research. Unveiled by the Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and major mobile network operators,…

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Telcos Deploy 8,526 Sites Despite Fibre Cuts -NCC

NCC Grants Free Educational Data to Five Million Students

Obafemi Fawibe06 mins

The Nigerian Communications Commission rolled out a national plan on Thursday to grant zero-rated data access to students using approved digital learning platforms. Under the initiative, roughly five million students across public senior secondary schools and tertiary institutions will receive 100 megabytes of free daily data starting on 1 October 2026. Telecommunications operators will swallow…

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Peter Obi: Fuel Subsidy Reform, Governance, and Political Rhetoric

Peter Obi: Fuel Subsidy Reform, Governance, and Political Rhetoric

Obafemi Fawibe07 mins

Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector remains the defining crucible of its political economy. Since the abrupt May 2023 declaration that “subsidy is gone,” the compounding shocks of fuel price surges, hyperinflation, and currency devaluation have dominated national discourse. As political actors position themselves for the 2027 general elections, the debate over petrol pricing has re-emerged as…

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Reps Probe NNPCL, Oil Firms Over N432bn Debt

Reps Probe NNPCL, Oil Firms Over N432bn Debt

Obafemi Fawibe05 mins

The House of Representatives has opened a formal inquiry into a massive N432.07 billion debt that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and private oil marketers owe the midstream petroleum regulator. Lawmakers in Abuja directed the Public Accounts Committee to uncover why statutory levies collected from the energy market never reached state coffers. Committee chairman…

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The Fading Safety Net and Nigeria’s Looming Health Deficit

The Fading Safety Net and Nigeria’s Looming Health Deficit

Obafemi Fawibe05 mins

Public health clinics across Nigeria are witnessing an alarming exodus. Low-income patients managing chronic conditions, from HIV and tuberculosis to non-communicable diseases, are increasingly turning away from public hospitals to seek refuge in prayer camps, traditional healing homes, and informal patent medicine stores. This flight is the direct outcome of a severe contraction in foreign…

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Dignitaries Honour Afenifere Leader Fasoranti at 100

Dignitaries Honour Afenifere Leader, Pa Fasoranti at 100

Obafemi Fawibe05 mins

Political leaders, traditional rulers, and elder statesmen gathered in Akure on Friday, 28 August 2026, to celebrate the centenary of Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti. The gathering drew figures from across the political aisle, including Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and former governors Olusegun Osoba and Olusegun Mimiko. President Bola Tinubu sent Minister of Interior Olubunmi…

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CBN Begins Work on Fresh Financial Inclusion Strategy

The Local Currency Bond Shift: Can the Capital Market Rescue Real-Sector Debt?

Obafemi Fawibe06 mins

Nigeria’s premier fast-moving consumer goods manufacturers and industrial conglomerates have made an aggressive retreat from commercial banking halls, turning instead to domestic debt markets on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) and FMDQ Securities Exchange. As a result of maximum lending rates exceeding 30 percent due to relentless monetary policy tightening by the Central Bank of Nigeria…

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Ghost Bureaus: How Rogue Parastatals Expose the Rot in Nigeria’s Public Oversight

Ghost Bureaus: How Rogue Parastatals Expose the Rot in Nigeria’s Public Oversight

Obafemi Fawibe05 mins

The disclosure by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) regarding the nationwide operations of an illegal, self-styled federal “Made-in-Nigeria” agency marks a disturbing milestone in the erosion of public administration. Operating under the name “National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office,” this fictitious parastatal was discovered soliciting funds from subnational governments, leasing…

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