By CHETA NWANZE THE contrasting attitudes of two prominent British politicians of ethnic minority heritage – Kemi Badenoch (of Nigerian descent) and Rishi Sunak (of Indian origin) – towards their ancestral homelands reveal much about colonialism’s enduring legacies and the complexities of national identity. While Sunak, the UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister, has consistently expressed […]
By JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH IF there’s one thing President Bola Tinubu has proven since assuming office, it’s that he governs with the urgency of a man convinced time is a hostile opponent. This week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting was another display of that restlessness — an avalanche of policy directives, fiscal reviews, billion-naira approvals, and long-term […]
By ABDULRAUF ALIYU THE North Central region of Nigeria has long been described as the country’s “bridge” – geographically connecting North and South, culturally diverse, and resource-rich. Plateau, Nasarawa, Kwara, Benue, Niger, and Kogi form a belt of potential that could, in theory, be the nation’s agricultural and industrial heartbeat. Yet the 2025 Phillips Consulting State […]
By VICTOR ADEOTI THE Osun Government has declared Wednesday as a public holiday for the annual Isese traditional festival celebration in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Abdulrasheed Aderibigbe, in Osogbo. Aderibigbe said that the public holiday would allow traditional religion worshippers across the state to participate […]
By KAYODE OYERO THE latest visa requirement for Nigerian applicants follows a raft of stiff migration policies by the Donald Trump presidency since January. The United States Department of State has mandated that every Nigerian visa applicant provide a five-year social media history as part of the requirements to be considered eligible to be on the […]
SELECTING which degree to study can has a huge bearing on the rest of your life. Choose wisely, and it could open the door to your dream job when you graduate. Make a bad decision, and you risk severely damaging your job prospects. Picking the right subject is even more important given the cost of […]
THE place of research in any country’s development aspirations cannot be over-emphasised. It is no surprise that funds are regularly made available for this purpose. Often, the problem is not with funding but the judicious utilisation of available resources. Recently, the federal government was reported to have approved a ₦4.2 billion research grant for 158 […]
By ABDULRAUF ALIYU LAST week, I provided a detailed overview of the 2025 Phillips Consulting State Performance Index (pSPI), a report that weighs both hard data and citizen perception to assess the performance of Nigeria’s states. Today marks the beginning of a six-week series in which we take a more surgical look, region by region, […]
By OLUFUNKE BARUWA IN the wake of yet another historic sporting victory, the Nigerian government recently rolled out its usual form of appreciation: cash gifts and plots of land. This time, the recipients were the triumphant Nigerian women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress, who once again proved their mettle by emerging champions at the 2023 FIBA […]
By REVEREND SIMON OLADAPO I will not tell anyone who to vote or not vote for. I won’t do that. What I will do is offer my own assessment of each aspiring candidate, as I see each of them. Let me start with Atiku. Every politician has a right to aspire to any office they […]