By OBI DAVIES NIGERIA’S banking sector is grappling with a major shake-up as the country’s fuel imports fall sharply, wiping out a significant source of profit for lenders that have long dominated petroleum trade financing. Fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that mineral fuel imports plunged to ₦4.4 trillion in the […]
FROM Paris to Kathmandu to Washington, a troubling pattern has emerged: citizens rising against governments they no longer trust. The anger is global, the grievances familiar—economic hardship, political arrogance, widening inequality, and leadership failures. For African leaders, these events are not distant crises but urgent warnings. A World on EdgeFrance, the land of revolutions, is […]
By HALIMA TAKWAS MARYAM Ibrahim, a 32-year-old mother from Madagali, endured abduction, violence, and forced labour in Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest before making a daring escape. Taken with 49 other women, Maryam was subjected to daily abuse, starvation, and forced to clean weapons for fighters. She survived on stolen food and endured psychological torment, losing […]
By DIANA CHUKWUKA WITH less than two years to the 2027 general election, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is grappling with a surge in requests from associations seeking recognition as political parties. Applications jumped from 110 in June to 171 by early September, reigniting debate over whether more parties deepen democracy or overwhelm the […]
By NINI NDUONOFIT-AKOH ALIKO Dangote, Africa’s richest man and chairman of the Dangote Group, has defended his company’s employment practices, saying his truck drivers earn more than many Nigerian graduates. The billionaire was reacting to allegations by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), which accused him and fellow businessman Sayyu Dantata […]
By AUGUSTUS ISICHEI FOR nearly a century, the Commonwealth Games have been staged on continents far from Africa. From Hamilton, Canada, in 1930, to Birmingham, UK, in 2022, the Games have become a global celebration of sport — yet Africa, home to some of the world’s most passionate athletes and fans, has never played host. […]
By Pearl Osibu CONVERSATIONS about racism in America often stumble on a familiar refrain: “He was racist, but…” That qualifier erases the depth of systemic injustice. Racism is not abstract—it fractures families through over-policing, mass incarceration, and the erasure of dignity. Black men are disproportionately jailed, their children growing up fatherless, caught in cycles of […]
AS U.S.–China tensions reshape global trade, countries across the Global South are learning to balance both powers without being trapped in their rivalry. Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina are showing that a middle path is possible—and their strategies carry lessons for Nigeria. Brazil plays “bridge-builder,” deepening ties with China through massive trade and investment while keeping […]
FEW artists have ever carried the weight of resistance, rage, and vulnerability as powerfully as Tupac Amaru Shakur. Born Lesane Parish Crooks, renamed in honour of an Indigenous revolutionary, and raised within the political fire of the Black Liberation struggle, 2Pac was never just a rapper—he was a mirror to America’s contradictions and a […]
ACCRA is on the cusp of a defining moment. From 16 to 20 September 2025, Silverbird Cinema at Accra Mall plans to host an Israeli Film Festival—a slick cultural showcase presented as harmless art, but in truth, a weapon of propaganda for a regime accused of genocide and apartheid. Nearly 400 organisations and individuals—a coalition […]