Africa’s pioneering female driver was Mrs Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. While it is not known whether she was the first woman in Africa to drive a car, she is the first African woman to be issued a driver’s licence and the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. In the attached...
OPINION
Mr President, sir, I hope this open letter will not be misconstrued, as happened above six years ago, precisely in January 2020, when I wrote a memo to former President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to disengage service chiefs who had overstayed their tenures and whose continued stay was eroding...
The recent decision of the Supreme Court has prompted deep reflection and widespread concern across the country. The ruling—widely perceived as empowering the President to remove elected leaders at will—has sent shockwaves through the polity and raised serious questions about the future of democracy and federalism in Nigeria. In...
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP) recently, has triggered intense public debate, not because tax cooperation is unusual, but because taxation sits at the very heart of state power. The MoU signed on December...
There are hardly any economic indices in Nigeria today that have not improved since President Tinubu assumed office on Monday, May 29, 2023. Below, I have listed ten, just in case you are misled by disgruntled politicians into thinking you are worse off today than you were in 2023....
In recent days, an avalanche of sensational allegations has been deliberately rehashed against Hon. Oboku Abonsizibe Oforji, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies. Carefully choreographed, emotionally charged, and aggressively circulated, these claims are not the product of investigative rigour or civic concern. Rather, they...
By Jack Okude It’s all too obvious that Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defence, is one of the most misunderstood public officials in the country. He was governor of Zamfara state from 2019 to 2023. Matawalle came under intense media attacks recently and from the same sources...
Last time, we parted with the following words: ‘So, with all this before us, where do we turn? How do we reverse the “curses”, catch our breath, and return to who we ought to be – security-wise – not merely to avoid Trump’s threat, but to make Nigeria once...
Nigeria’s examination bodies occupy a central, non-negotiable and integral place in the country’s educational landscape. Bodies such as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, the National Examinations Council, NECO, and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, are not mere offices...
There’s one subtle trap new Tongits fall into: thinking Tongits is just “Filipino poker.” Sure, both games use 52 cards and demand sharp thinking. But beyond the surface, the Tongits card system operates on a rhythm, logic, and system entirely its own.Poker players focus on building a strong five-card...
When the Benin Republic political crisis began, Nigerians woke up to a Nigerian army deployment that appeared out of nowhere – jets, troops, machinery, rapid response, zero bureaucracy. Less than 24 hours. Compare that with years of massacres, kidnappings, mass abductions, villages burnt, clergy murdered, schools emptied, highways captured,...
For a regime’s ruler that shamelessly and scandously awarded the contract for a 700km road to his family at a gluttonous cost of 15 trillion Naira without appropriation by the National Assembly, and without any competitive bidding by any other contractors, and without any known due process taking place...
The implementation of these new tax laws in January 2026; under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, in the midst of insecurity, endemic corruption and high inflation, an unsteady economy, and an unstable Naira, has sparked a debate regarding the negative effects the laws would have on the Nigerian economy,...
No doubt, the role of public procurement is very critical to economic growth and national development. In many ways, it is the veritable nexus between pricing, risk, sustainability, and geo-politics of a nation. Globally, it is a compass for gauging, regulating, and preventing public corruption towards emplacing good governance...
Public reaction to the belated release of President Tinubu’s list of ambassadors designate has been uniformly negative. Some people feel insulted by the caliber of nominees. Others feel belittled that minimals are being chosen to represent a country that boasts some of the best and brightest citizens. Yet others...
Sometime in May last year, somewhere around the Life Camp District of Abuja, a family decided to host friends and colleagues to a “thank God” get-together for their 30th wedding anniversary. The couple, being natural bridge-builders were intentional and deliberate in choosing invitees to the event. The simple but...
Online slot streams have turned into observation lounges for players who like to pause before they commit. The behaviour looks simple: viewers open a stream, watch another player load a slot, spin through rounds, hit features, miss features, and react to every outcome. Then after several minutes or several...
The GBP/USD pair has always carried a certain influence in the global currency market. It’s not just another price point on a chart. It reflects how two major economies respond to pressure, growth, political change, and global uncertainty. When the pair rises or drops, traders often use it as...
December 1st, 2025, Ambam Community, Jema’a Local Government Area, Kaduna State Beneath the tranquil farmlands of Ambam community in Kaduna State lies a treasure of the modern age: vast deposits of lithium, the coveted “white gold” powering the global revolution in electric vehicles. For two years, this potential wealth...
In the complex architecture of the Nigerian state, few institutions command as much mystique or scrutiny as the Department of State Services (DSS). For decades, the Service embodied both fear and fascination. It operated in the shadows yet sometimes erupted into public display in ways that startled citizens and...