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The Senate confirmed Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Power Minister on Wednesday, handing him the most poisoned chalice in the cabinet. Lawmakers demanded an immediate end to the national grid collapses that have made a mockery of Nigeria’s industrial goals. The grid has failed so often that it is now a predictable feature of national life rather…
Nigeria’s primary consumer and food regulators signed a pact on Wednesday to end the jurisdictional friction that allows rogue traders to thrive. Tunji Bello of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) and Mojisola Adeyeye of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) formalised this tie-up in Abuja. The deal…
Nigeria will not return to the ruinous era of fuel subsidies or state-mandated price controls. Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele confirmed this stance to global investors in Paris this week. He argued that subsidies create economic distortions that the country can no longer afford. The government remains convinced that market forces are the only credible way…
Nigeria is talking and browsing more than ever despite the country’s bruising economic headwinds. Active voice subscriptions reached 179.6 million in the final quarter of 2025, an 8.9% jump from the previous year. Internet users followed a similar path, climbing to 148.2 million as digital life became a necessity rather than a choice. These figures…
Inspector General of Police Tunji Disu has ordered an immediate nationwide audit of arms and ammunition across all state commands following public outrage over a viral video showing officers shooting a restrained, handcuffed man at close range. The directive came during a meeting with senior officers in Abuja on Tuesday, where Disu mandated all…
The Federal Government has inked a “Working Together Agreement” with aerospace giant Airbus to overhaul Nigeria’s aviation landscape. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, formalized the deal on Tuesday, May 5, during a high-level visit to the manufacturer’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. The partnership is designed to turn Nigeria into a regional aviation…
Nigeria is attempting to turn its police colleges into credible academic institutions. Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu has launched a plan to secure formal accreditation for all 42 training centres across the country. This move shifts the focus from mere drill-and-discipline to a more rigorous academic framework. The goal is to produce officers who can…
Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has publicly called on President Bola Tinubu to abandon his ongoing three-nation foreign trip to France, Kenya, and Rwanda and return to Nigeria to address the escalating attacks and killings of Nigerians in South Africa. Ezekwesili made the demand through her X.com account on Monday, describing Tinubu’s decision to…
The United Nations warns that nearly nine out of ten crimes against journalists remain uninvestigated and unpunished. Secretary-General António Guterres described this 85 per cent impunity rate as an unacceptable assault on global democracy. Media workers now face a world where the price of scrutiny is often death or disappearance. These figures reflect a global…
Firefighters in Ilorin prevented a total loss on Sunday after a power surge ignited a residential and commercial building. The blaze started before 5:00 a.m. at a property containing a two-bedroom flat and seven shops on Ijoro Street. Quick intervention limited the damage to a single shop, saving the rest of the structure. It is…
