Debt Service, Salaries Gulp 105% of FG Revenue   Debt service and personnel costs have swallowed more than the Federal Government’s total revenue for the first seven months of 2025, even as receipts fell sharply below target and capital projects suffered deep cuts. An...

FG Steps up Sugar Sector Reform as Minister Inspects $300m LASUCO   The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, has commenced a series of strategic inspections of sugar projects across the country. These strategic visits which began with the...

Ex-NSITF Boss Akabogu Accuses Chris Ngige of Forced Resignation, 'Phantom' Contracts   The embattled former Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Michael Akabogu who was removed from office in February 2023, has filed an explosive petition...

When Not to Be Gentle - Dangote, Power, and the Anatomy of a Fight   Aliko Dangote’s business life has been a long tutorial in combat economics. From the early trading days when credit was scarce and trust scarcer, to the...

Hon. Dasuki Flags Tax Law Discrepancies in National Assembly Hon. Abdulsammad Dasuki (PDP, Sokoto) has raised an alarm over alleged significant discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and the versions subsequently gazetted for public use. Rising under...

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...