When the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 26.5 per cent following its 305th meeting, the decision reflected more than caution.
On 29 May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared the removal of fuel subsidy during his inaugural speech, ending what has been described as a long-standing fiscal drain that consumed trillions of naira annually and benefited importers, smugglers, and the elite more than ordinary citizens.
On Friday, 15 May 2026, Nigeria witnessed something unprecedented: coordinated school abductions carried out simultaneously in the Southwest and the Northeast.
I read with keen interest the editorial, “Economic Recovery: Tinubu’s Chest-Beating Stance,” published on Page 5 of Blueprint newspaper on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
The recent petition by Mining Marshals Commander, Attah John Onoja, to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun's successor, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has once again brought into sharp focus a challenge that has long undermined Nigeria's security architecture: inter-agency rivalry.
