IPOB Lifts Monday Sit-at-Home THE proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the permanent cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home across the South-East, effective Monday 9 February 2026. The directive, according to IPOB, came directly from its imprisoned leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who ordered the resumption of normal social, educational, and economic activities in the […]
Economic Hardship Turns Private Cars into Survival Tools in Abuja AS Nigeria’s economic pressures deepen, a quiet but telling transformation is unfolding on the roads of Abuja. Private cars—once reserved for personal convenience—are increasingly doubling as informal taxis, locally known as “kabu kabu”, as residents seek new ways to survive rising living costs. Across major […]
By TOSAN OYAKHILOME-AKAHOMEN Contradictions at the Heart of the 2026 Budget THE 2026 federal budget has exposed a widening gap between policy directives and fiscal execution, as MDAs introduced new capital projects worth ₦3.50 trillion despite a formal government freeze. A December 2025 Budget Call Circular directed MDAs to roll over most of their 2025 […]
FOLLOW THE MONEY, FOLLOW THE DAMAGE What Nigeria’s Biggest Investigations of 2025 Revealed THE most consequential investigations of 2025 followed a simple principle: trace the money, document the damage, and listen to the victims. What emerged was a sobering […]
Christmas Bonuses, Political Branding, and the States that Understand the Assignment The Communication Gap NIGERIA’S civil service bonus culture is fractured not just by payment capacity but by communication ethics. In 2025, most state governments offered no official statement on bonuses despite stronger Federation and IGR receipts. Silence has become a political instrument—one that protects […]
By TIMOTHY HAGGERTY-NWOKOLO THE story of Nigerian road travel has always been the story of Nigeria itself—unstructured, entrepreneurial, resilient, but poorly regulated. In 2025, the transport sector has added a new chapter: festive fare blockades. This year, the traditional December migration of Nigerians traveling home has collided with soaring ticket costs. Curiously, fuel prices, one […]
By TOSAN OYAKHILOME-AKAHOMEN THE Nigerian Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to Benin Republic to help restore order following an attempted military takeover in the neighbouring country. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the decision after lawmakers adopted the request through a voice vote during the Committee of the Whole. Although the […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE ACROSS the southern belt — from Oyo’s dense forests to the mangrove labyrinth of the Niger Delta — a new and unsettling reality has taken hold: bandit groups that once operated mainly in the North are pushing further south, probing borderlands, and testing weakly policed corridors. Investigations show […]
WHEN the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) quietly disclosed that it spent ₦17.5 trillion in just one year on “pipeline security” and related costs, it did more than trigger public outrage — it exposed what may be one of the most staggering financial red flags in Nigeria’s democratic history. To understand the scale: Nigeria […]
By ESTHER McWILLIS-IKHIDE THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is facing intense scrutiny after the Auditor-General flagged £14.3 million spent on its London office during the 2021 financial year as inadequately accounted for. The 2022 audit report raised concerns over regulatory lapses, weak internal controls, and failure to provide supporting documents for the expenditures. […]