Imagine Nigeria’s public security financing as a rambling, poorly audited ledger. On one side, enormous sums are recorded under vague headings – “security vote", "miscellaneous", and “special services” – with little trace of what they actually buy....

For decades, discussions about electricity in Nigeria have been dominated by the recurring problem of insufficient power supply. Despite repeated reforms and substantial investments, millions of households, businesses and public institutions continue to o...

Two weeks ago, on Wednesday 27th May, Nigeria marked another Children’s Day. It should have been an occasion not only for celebration but also for taking stock of how far the country has come in securing the future of its children and young people....

In January 2019, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, made one of the most memorable statements in Nigeria's recent political history. ...

Too often, we the media elite - journalists, writers, intellectuals - behave as though we inhabit a different moral planet. The Good Book instructs that he who is without sin cast the first stone....

Unlicensed gold mining and the extortion system operated by bandit groups in Nigeria, particularly across the North-West and parts of the North-Central region, have evolved beyond rural criminality into a parallel economy that undermines the Nigerian stat...

In every casino, the house eventually wins. Individual players may enjoy temporary gains, but the rules are structured to ensure that profits ultimately flow to those who control the game. Increasingly, Nigeria’s economy appears to be operating on a simil...

In 2018, a dramatic event captured global attention when 12 schoolboys and their football coach became trapped deep inside a flooded cave in Thailand during the monsoon season. Over the next two weeks, one of the most complex rescue operations in modern h...