Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) attracts suspicion because it looks like a serious body designed to do unserious work....

Barely a week after President Donald Trump sent the US military to launch air strikes in Nigeria on Christmas Day last year, he dispatched US forces to Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cicilia Flores, both handcuffed, blindfolde...

As African businesses look ahead to 2026, two familiar assumptions continue to shape leadership and boardroom conversations: that improved customer experience and accelerated technology adoption will be the primary drivers of growth, competitiveness, and ...

Mark Twain, the American writer and humourist, famously said: “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.” This aphorism is truer in Nigeria than in virtually any other country. ...

In recent weeks, Nigeria has been awash with heated debates over the newly introduced tax law. From social media timelines to informal discussions in public spaces, opinions have been freely expressed, often passionately and sometimes angrily. Unfortunate...

The year 2025 ended with the humbling of the Nigerian state by a foreign power. That humiliation began in November last year when Donald Trump, the US president, described Nigeria as “that now-disgraced country” and designated it as a “Country of Particul...

A new year is a clean ledger — but only for those who use it wisely. Across Nigeria, from boardrooms to small-business offices, leaders have entered 2026 with renewed hope but also with familiar headwinds: inflation, exchange-rate pressure, and fatigue fr...

In 2025, Nigeria’s telecommunications sector finds itself at a defining moment. Once celebrated as one of the country’s most successful liberalisation stories, the industry now sits between resilience and public discontent....