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Agriculture
Nigeria is not hungry because it has to be
There is a particular kind of national failure that is hardest to forgive, not the kind born of poverty or limited means, but the kind that occurs in the presence of abundance....
Economy
Beyond the price hike: Is Nigeria’s pay-tv giant facing its final act?
Nigeria’s economic landscape has been fraught with challenges over the past decade. In 2013, the inflation rate stood at 8.50 percent, but by December 2024, it had surged to 34.8 percent...
Editor | Mar 07, 2025
Opinion
Tax hikes: Tinubu’s aggressive revenue extraction will stifle growth
As Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu had a reputation for squeezing water from a stone by extracting taxes from even the most unlikely people. ...
Editor | Feb 24, 2025
Opinion
EFCC’s failure: Olukoyede is shadow-boxing with blame-shifting
Like Bola Tinubu, the president who appointed him as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede is full of hot air on tackling corruption in Nigeria....
Editor | Feb 17, 2025
Opinion
IMF/WTO: Nigeria’s economy suffers from corruption, disregard for rule of law
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) both have a remit to monitor and review the economic developments and policies of their members....
Editor | Feb 05, 2025
Opinion
Trumpian World: What Nigeria can expect from Trump’s second presidency
Last week, on Monday, January 20, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. Eight years ago, on January 20, 2017, Trump was inaugurated as America’s 45th president.....
Editor | Jan 27, 2025
Opinion
Peter Obi and the imperative of speaking truth to power in Nigeria
Everyone is familiar with the famous saying: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” That saying, attributed to Edmund Burke...
Editor | Jan 20, 2025
Opinion
Nigeria needs a truly representative and accountable democracy
There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws......
Editor | Jan 13, 2025
Opinion
Nigeria's path to food sovereignty lies in agroecology and family farms
Nigeria’s food future is at a pivotal moment. In a significant development, the government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazilian meatpacker...
Editor | Jan 10, 2025
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