Beyond the Banquet: Can Tinubu’s UK Visit Deliver Real Gains for Nigerians?

Nigeria’s Security Crisis and the Case for State Policing

Nigeria’s worsening security situation has pushed the country into one of the most consequential governance debates of the Fourth Republic: whether the time has come to decentralise policing. Across the country, communities face daily threats from insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, farmer–herder conflicts, and organised criminal violence. Yet the responsibility for policing over 200 million citizens remains…

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INEC Chairman Admits 2027 Polls May Fall Short of Perfection

Nigeria’s electoral umpire has warned citizens to temper their expectations for the 2027 general elections. Professor Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stated on Sunday that while the commission will strive for excellence, a “100 per cent perfect election” is unrealistic. Speaking at a town hall programme, Amupitan aimed to manage…

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Living on the Edge of Reform: How Economic Adjustments Are Reshaping Nigeria’s Middle Class

Living on the Edge of Reform: How Economic Adjustments Are Reshaping Nigeria’s Middle Class

Between policy reform and purchasing power, Nigeria’s middle-income households are absorbing the sharpest edge of economic transition. Reform as Reality Economic reform in Nigeria is no longer theoretical. Since the removal of fuel subsidy in 2023 and the unification of the foreign exchange market under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the country has entered what officials…

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Oyo Court Validates PDP’s 2025 Ibadan Convention

  The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has delivered a comprehensive judgment affirming the legality of the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2025 elective national convention, which produced Dr. Kabiru Turaki as the party’s substantive National Chairman, resolving a significant legal dispute over the legitimacy of the exercise. Justice Ladiran Akintola, delivering the ruling on…

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2026 SSCE: No NIN, No Exams, NIMC Warns Students

A fresh push for universal identity registration has emerged as the National Identity Management Commission urges parents and guardians across Nigeria to secure the National Identification Number for their children, emphasising its mandatory status for key educational milestones like the 2026 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations. The commission’s advisory, shared on its official X platform on…

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Gas Deficit Cripples National Grid, NISO Confirms

    Nigeria’s electricity sector is grappling with widespread outages that have left millions of households and businesses in the dark, a crisis the Nigerian Independent System Operator attributes directly to severe constraints in gas supply to thermal power plants, which dominate the country’s generation capacity. The announcement came on Friday from the system operator,…

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