By Tanimu Yakubu, DG, Budget Office of the Federation. The Lagos Illusion The viral chart bundles together national infrastructure—federal highways, coastal transport corridors, and legacy roads—and labels them “Lagos-only projects.” By that logic, the Kano–Maiduguri expressway could be called a “Maiduguri-only project.” It is a sleight of han...
By Sodiq Opeyemi Adelakun, franktalknow.com NIGERIA IS turning to artificial intelligence as a cornerstone of President Bola Tinubu’s plan to transform the country into a $1tn economy by 2030. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said the government’s approach blends national strategy, research partnerships and hom...
By Tanimu Yakubu When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration dismantled Nigeria’s rigid foreign exchange regime in 2024, critics were quick to call it a currency collapse. The naira plunged to ₦1,800 per dollar in March 2024, and headlines screamed of economic freefall. But beneath the noise, a deliberate, high-risk economic recalibratio...
By JKNewsMedia COMPLETION OF merger has been announced between the Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) and Titan Trust Bank (TTB) Limited, following final approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The milestone, according to a statement, concludes a process that began with the signing of a Share Sale Agreement in 2021. Under the terms [&hellip...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A SEVENTY-five-old man, Uchelue Ikechukwu, was among six suspects arrested with illicit drugs in Anambra State as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intensified nationwide operations that also led to the destruction of 178,750 kilograms of cannabis on a 71.5-hectare farm in Taraba...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu SEVEN YEARS ago, in 2018, my good friend and former Dean of Law at the University of Ghana at Legon, Professor Raymond Atuguba, undertook a path-breaking study which sought “to move away from the perception that Justices of the Supreme Court dispense justice impartially under a constitutional democracy and reflect on ...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 31 August, 2025). “DOES IT then mean that the PDP is out of the woods? Not really! Party leaders still have to contend with the problem of how to reintegrate Wike into the party or effectively […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA UNIVERSITY Professors have demanded that their salaries be raised to a minimum of N2.5 million monthly, insisting that current pay is no longer sustainable. On Tuesday, protests broke out across several campuses as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) accused the Federal Go...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MODEST GAINS closed August for the Nigerian currency as the Naira advanced against the United States (US) dollar across both the official and parallel markets, supported by improved foreign exchange inflows and a stronger external reserves position. Economic analysts linked the steady performan...
By Tunde Rahman HARVARD UNIVERSITY has always held a special attraction for me. And why not? Its awesome reputation as a remarkable citadel of learning, knowledge and research never fails to stir a sense of pride. So when an opportunity recently came my way to undergo a course in Strategic Leadership, I grabbed it with […]
