Nigeria’s diplomatic service has always walked a delicate line between professional competence and political patronage. But the latest ambassadorial appointments approved by Bola Ahmed Tinubu push that uneasy compromise into…
Abuja — In a dramatic turn that stunned the global energy industry, the Nigerian government and Italian oil major ENI have reached a sweeping settlement to end their decade long…
Muhammadu Buhari’s 100-million pledge was made in a country that had already demonstrated its ability to spend trillions on poverty rhetoric while poverty deepened. Halfway through Buhari’s promise, Nigeria’s own…
Few policies flatter governments more than “sin taxes”. They offer the rare pleasure of moral virtue and fiscal revenue in one bottle. Nigeria’s federal authorities, pressured by the World Health…
Washington/Abuja – A dramatic geopolitical confrontation is unfolding between the United States and Nigeria after Republican lawmakers in the US Congress demanded that President Bola Tinubu move to repeal Sharia…
On Saturday morning, February 28, the world woke up to learn of “Operation Roaring Lion” by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and “Operation Epic Fury” by the American military forces…
Abuja – Nigeria’s urgent search for combat helicopters has exposed an unusual fault line at the apex of its security establishment: a growing disagreement between National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu…
For a country that lives and dies by oil, the guardianship of its pipelines is never merely a technical matter. It is a question of who holds the balance of…
Abuja – President Bola Tinubu is preparing to terminate the multibillion naira pipeline surveillance contract awarded to former militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as “Tompolo,” in a move that…