For decades, Nigeria has carried a strange contradiction — a nation blessed with abundant crude oil, yet crippled by fuel scarcity, foreign exchange troubles, and the indignity of importing what it should be producing. But that irony may soon fade into history.

Tariff Isonu: When Government Becomes the Middleman of Monopoly By Oladapo Ojo In Yoruba, 'Isonu' means something that is wrong , morally off balance, but that people find hard to condemn openly. It’s the kind of wrongdoing that hides behind excuses, wrapped in official statements and...

Vincent Olatunji and the Pursuit of a Data-Safe Nigeria By Yusuf A. Yusuf As of August 2025, Nigeria had about 140 million internet subscribers, with broadband penetration nearing 49 percent, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). In such a wired nation, where personal information is...

‎The Central Bank of Nigeria’s new draft guideline mandating all banks to refund customers for failed ATM and electronic transactions within 48 hours.

Has Social Media Corrupted Nigeria’s Moral Compass? By Shuaib S. Agaka When the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, speaks about social media, his primary concern isn’t data privacy or investment—it’s morality. In a report by Tech Digest, the country’s...

Halal Economics and the Myth of Religious Takeover By Baba El-Yakubu Citizen Bolaji O. Akinyemi’s essay, “Halal: Tomorrow’s Celebration May Plant Tomorrow’s Crisis,” published on The Eagle Online, deserves commendation—for creativity, not clarity. It is a masterpiece of theological melodrama, constitutional cherry-picking, and selective amnesia about...