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.
Customs and the Invisible War on Transnational Crimes, by Abdulsalam Mahmud
In today's interconnected world, crime no longer respects borders. Criminal syndicates move money, weapons, wildlife products, narcotics, and illicit goods across continents with alarming ease. While governments continue to invest heavily in conventional security...
