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 […]
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 MUAZU ELAZEH WELCOME to the world of bandits in Nigeria. They kill, we pacify them with negotiation without taking measures to appease the victims of their atrocities and we wonder why banditry remains intractable? We are a bunch of jokers. This week, the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State signed a peace deal […]
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 […]
NIGERIANS have weighed in following the reaction of the Presidency to an editorial published last week by Daily Trust on the stat’ of hunger in the country. Last Thursday, the presidency rebutted the editorial published by Daily Trust, accusing the newspaper of distorting facts and painting an exaggerated picture of hardship and hunger in Nigeria. […]
By REVEREND SIMON OLADAPO SOCIETY is destroyed when it descends to a level where some people believe and act that they are above the law. Nigeria has descended to that level, and every day facts emerge to confirm it. Let me analyse the most recent, where a man held up a plane on the tarmac. […]
By EMMA AGU AS Nigeria begins its long march toward the 2027 general elections, the political terrain is already showing signs of ideological fragmentation, strategic realignment, and renewed public scrutiny. In a country where politics often feels like a zero-sum game, the recent meeting between Mr. Peter Obi and Governor Bala Mohammed offers a refreshing […]
By CHIDI A. OKOROAFOR IF you are serving the public in Nigeria, especially if you are an employee, particularly if your services involve dealing with the Nigerian elites, please by all means, do everything you can to be fully in charge of your emotions. Try as much as you can not to allow them trigger […]