By Taiwo Akinlami In September 2025, the Federal Government of Nigeria rolled out a revised national curriculum, effective immediately in the 2025/2026 academic session. The headlines were bold: reduced subject overload, greater focus on digital literacy, AI, vocational skills, and trade readiness. On the surface, this looks like a long-await...
By Owei Lakemfa THE WORLD has in the last three months witnessed 80th anniversary victory parades, military displays, and street, garden, town hall, club and pub parties. They began in several European countries on May 5 and ended in Vietnam this Tuesday, September 2, 2025. These victories, 80 years ago, are separate, but interrelated. One [&...
By Tanimu Yakubu IN EARLY 2024, Nigeria’s naira collapsed to ₦1,800 per dollar, rattling households and businesses alike. By August 2025, it had strengthened to ₦1,525. For President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, this was not just recovery but the opening proof of his broader political economy: building Nigeria on three foundations — credible currency, ...
By Olukorede Yishau THE THREE finalists for this year’s The Nigeria Prize for Literature have been unveiled. Oyin Olugbile made the list with ‘Sanya’, her debut novel. Two-time Booker Prize finalist Chigozie Obioma is in contention with his third novel, ‘The Road to the Country’. Nikki May completes the list with ‘This Motherless Land’. I [&h...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in the TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper edition of Wednesday 3 August, 2025). “LAST WEEK, we postponed discussion on the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states…” “Yes! Nigeria has become a country of one day, one trouble. If you don’t take them piecemeal, […]...
By Olufemi Soneye This is a quiet crisis with devastating human costs. Careers are disrupted, families are torn apart, dreams are deferred, and dignity is diminished AT ITS core, this issue is about more than visas. It is about fairness, reciprocity, and human dignity. Nigerians deserve to know why their travel rights are being revoked. [&hel...
By Sunday Dare Daily Trust’ recent headline screamed: “In Two Years, Lagos Gets ₦3.9 Trillion Projects.” Sensational, Yes. Accurate? Hardly. Numbers without context are not facts. They are distortions—weaponized to inflame rather than inform. The attempt to portray Lagos as over-pampered while casting the North as neglected is not just ...
By Chief Okoi Obono-Obla A novel case has been filed by Nigerian lawyer Festus Ogun in Lagos State against the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, because the Governor blocked him on his X (formerly Twitter) account. Ogun contends that this action violates his fundamental rights. While it is legally possible for a private individual ...
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 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...
