Nigeria: The Persistent Corruption Risk Amidst Growing Security Threats, by Abubakar Jimoh   It is no more news that Nigeria’s defence and security sectors are plagued with systemic corruption, a major hindrance to the effective provision of defence in a country facing...

Polaris Bank and the Culture of Customer Frustration, by Abdulsalam Mahmud On the morning of December 1, 2025, at exactly 8:43am, I made what should have been a routine transaction. I transferred the value of ₦1,200 worth of MTN recharge...

Arewa Female Students Challenge Detention of Vulnerable Women for Petty Debts   Northern female students, under the aegis of the Arewa Female Students Association (AFSA), have raised concern over what they described as the indiscriminate detention of women—particularly mothers and widows—in...

Dangote Accuses NMDPRA CEO Farouk Ahmed of Corruption, Alleges $5m Swiss School Fees for Children   The President/Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has publicly accused the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority...

Governor Sule's Directive and Vindication of the Mining Marshals, by Zekeri Idakwo Laruba   ‎Governor Abdullahi Sule’s recent suspension of mining activities in Nasarawa State may have sounded like a routine administrative measure, but anyone who has followed the undercurrents within...

Tax Data Sovereignty: Truncate The FIRS-France Deal Now   Yesterday, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) signed an MoU with France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP), handing one of Europe’s most sophisticated tax agencies direct collaboration on Nigeria’s digital tax...