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Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has seized upon a recent classification by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) to assert that the country is sliding into authoritarianism under President Bola Tinubu, intensifying political discourse just over a year before the 2027 general elections. The HRF, through its Tyranny Tracker platform, recently…
The viability of Peter Obi’s presidential ambition in Northern Nigeria has reignited political discourse, with a senior Arewa youth leader dismissing his chances while analysts and opposition figures argue he remains competitive in the region ahead of the 2027 general election. Ambassador Abdul Danbature, National President of the Arewa Youth Assembly for Good Leadership,…
A group of youths in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has taken to the streets to campaign against the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections, directly contradicting recent statements by Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike that the state would unite behind President Bola Tinubu’s re election. In a 45 second…
A single photograph did more political work in Osun State over the weekend than several days of campaign rallies. It showed Chief Bisi Akande, governor of the state between 1999 and 2003 and pioneer national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, walking hand in hand with Senator Iyiola Omisore, the man who served as his…
Shareholders of Nigeria’s biggest lenders walked away from the 2025 financial year with a story of two markets. Six banks cleared the Central Bank of Nigeria’s eligibility test and pushed out a combined N1.27 trillion in dividends, according to findings published by Financial Vanguard. Five others, profitable on paper and in some cases record…
Five chartered aircraft touched down at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos between February and June 2026, each carrying Nigerians whose residence claims in Europe had run out. Together, the five operations returned at least 137 Nigerian citizens from Germany, according to monitoring reports compiled by the Deportees Emergency…
Ninety five kobo out of every naira the Federal Government spent servicing its domestic debt between January and March 2026 went into interest payments alone, a breakdown of the Debt Management Office’s latest quarterly returns shows, leaving barely a sliver of the N3.14 trillion outlay to actually reduce what the country owes. The DMO’s…
Barely nine days before official campaigning opens for the January 2027 presidential election, the fault line running through Nigeria’s main opposition platform has widened again, this time over who rightfully owns the African Democratic Congress governorship ticket in Adamawa State. Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, reopened the dispute in…
The naira stabilized near 1,362 to the US dollar on Monday morning as foreign exchange markets opened for weekly trading. Central Bank intervention helped quieten immediate panic across official and street trading windows. Yet structural dollar shortages continue to pressure local currency reserves month after month. Traders in Lagos report modest dollar liquidity following late…
Foreign printers produce nearly two-thirds of Nigeria’s physical currency. A fresh Central Bank report reveals that overseas contractors handled sixty-five percent of approved banknote production. Local printing facilities simply cannot meet national demand for cash. Printing domestic money abroad drains scarce foreign reserves while exposing national currency security to outside risks. The Nigerian Security Printing…
