Oyo Launches NLP as UNICEF Provides Partnership Support
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reaffirmed its support for improving access to digital learning platforms for students and teachers across Nigeria with the launch of the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) in Oyo State. The launch, held…
How Much More Heat Can Nigerians Take Under President Tinubu?
They say before it gets better, it could get really worse but three years is a long time to be denied of any sort of succour. Opposition party have blamed rising fuel price, food inflation and school fees on APC government, saysl8ng 2027 election will…
Mount Fuji Rescue Comes With a Price for Off-Season Climbers
There are new beginnings even at a dead end, but on Mount Fuji, reaching the end of the trail unprepared could soon come with a bill. It’s a small price for redemption. Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture is preparing to make climbers pay for helicopter…
Counterfeit Goods Are Putting Nigerians at Risk
For a Nigerian struggling to survive the rising cost of living, the difference between a genuine product selling for N10,000 and an apparently identical one offered for N6,000 can be difficult to ignore. The cheaper option may mean money saved for food,…
Nigerian Banks Shut 476 Branches as Physical Banking Network Shrinks
Nigerian banks closed a net 476 branches and cash centres between 2022 and 2025, representing an 8.8 per cent reduction in their physical presence across the country. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s 2025 Statistical Bulletin for the Financial…
Is Trump’s Cash Promise a Stimulus or Threat to Democracy?
Donald Trump has once again unsettled the American political establishment with an extraordinary proposition: cash payments to millions of Americans at a time when his Republican Party is preparing for a difficult midterm election. The proposal raises an…
PXES Scam Holds Nigerians by the Jugular
The promise of doubling money has become the lifeblood of Ponzi schemes, and, painfully, Nigerians keep falling for it. Each time an investment platform collapses, there is outrage, heartbreak and a familiar question: how did people fall for it again?…
Licensed to Lie: A Satirical Meditation on the Confidence Trick We Call Public Life – Bolutife Oluwadele
There was a time when a lie was a shameful thing – something said behind a hand, denied in daylight, confessed under pressure. Now it is a credential. The modern liar does not hide the lie; he brandishes it. He does not whisper; he broadcasts. And…
Africa Must Address the Triggers Driving Youth Migration
Africa, and Nigeria in particular, must begin to confront the underlying conditions driving skilled young people out of the continent, rather than focusing only on the consequences of migration. A Senior Finance Business Partner based in Nairobi, Kenya,…
Trump Pledges $5,000 Payment to Americans if Republicans Retain Congress
US President Donald Trump has promised a $5,000 federal “dividend” for every adult American if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections. Trump made the pledge on Wednesday at the Republican Party’s…
