Editorial

When the Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, speaks on the economy, he is worth hearing. His intervention at the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference, recently, deserves particular attention because it came from a man who has supported much ofContinue Reading

The growing number of reports of child sexual exploitation facilitated by parents and guardians in Nigeria is a disturbing indictment of the very people entrusted with protecting children. Rather than providing safety, guidance and care, some parents are allegedly exposing their children to sexual abuse in exchange for money. ThisContinue Reading

With the next general elections only a few weeks away, the body charged with counting Nigerians’ votes has been asked to count its own money. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has gone to the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order of mandamus to compel the IndependentContinue Reading

On Saturday, 18 October 2026, a brainstorming session on coping with banditry convened in Sokoto under the joint auspices of the Sokoto Advancement Forum and the Centre for Peace Studies at Usmanu Danfodiyo University. The occasion was significant on its own terms: a civil society forum and a university puttingContinue Reading

Every morning, importers in Alaba, Idumota, and Onitsha markets face the same arithmetic. Goods made in Guangzhou or Yiwu must be paid for in dollars, and dollars must be bought at a price that moves with the vagaries of the foreign exchange market. A cost that should be simple becomesContinue Reading

For a country that likes to call itself the giant of Africa, the latest assessment of what its passport is worth makes painful reading. In a ranking published on October 20 by the travel platform IziVisa, Nigeria placed 181st out of 196 countries. Holders of the green passport, according toContinue Reading

On October 20, 2014, the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria free of Ebola, turning a near-catastrophe in Lagos into a case study for the world. Twelve years later, on the same date, the federal government confirmed that the virus had returned, this time through the Federal Capital Territory, in aContinue Reading