President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery. Since the launch of the naira-for-crude initiative on October 1, 2024, Nigeria has experienced a strategic breakthrough amid the ongoing economic turmoil resulting from the Iran-Israel-US conflict in the Middle East.

Thirty years ago, a quiet message travelled from the ancient community of Dukawuya in Kano: a child had been born. It was an ordinary announcement, yet it emerged from a place that has never been ordinary.

Those expressing sympathy for former Attorney‑General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, over his current ordeal with the EFCC and the DSS may have conveniently forgotten what befell former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki—arrested barely a day after handing over office. His story remains one of the most troubling indictments of executive overreach in Nigeria’s democratic era: a case study in how personal vendetta, political score‑settling, and institutional disregard for judicial authority can be disguised as the pursuit of justice.

Kwara 2027: Who is Muideen Salako? by Abdullahi Alanamu As the 2027 governorship race gradually takes shape in Kwara State, a critical question is beginning to surface across political and civic spaces: who exactly is Alhaji Azeez Salako Muideen Olaniyi, and why is his name...

Billions Budgeted, Clinics in Ruins: Inside the Crisis Endangering Mothers and Children in Kano’s PHC System By Hauwau Sani   In a small village in Kano State, a pregnant woman once went into labour under conditions no mother should ever endure. The primary health centre nearest to...

‎In Nigerian politics, ministers are appointed, reshuffled, and sometimes quietly removed. That is normal. What is not normal is for a cabinet member to move across three major economic portfolios within less than two years, without leaving the Federal Executive Council. Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite has done precisely that.