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World Toilet Day 2025: Why Nigeria Must Finally End Open Defecation
Elvis Eromosele By Elvis Eromosele If you have crossed the overhead bridge along the Alausa/Magodo Expressway recently, you may have noticed a bold sign squarely sitting on the median.…
Tinubu’s 15% Fuel Duty: Taxing Pain in a Broken Economy
BY BLAISE UDUNZE When a nation is bleeding economically, with inflation at historic highs and citizens gasping for survival, one expects government policy to offer relief, not suffocation. Yet, President…
Prioritising Eye Health in Nigeria on World Sight Day 2025
By Dr Elizabeth Eromosele () "The eyes are the window to the soul," is a popular statement. The truth is that the eyes are also the window to education, productivity,…
139M Poor, Yet Counting “Progress”: Nigeria’s Poverty Crisis Demands More Than Policy
BY BLAISE UDUNZE The latest World Bank Nigeria Development Update delivers a chilling verdict, as 139 million Nigerians, over half of the nation’s population, are said to be living in…
WAEC’s New Subject Combination is Confusion Masquerading as Reform
Elvis Eromosele By Elvis Eromosele The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has once again stirred public outcry, this time over its newly released subject combinations for the 2026 examination.…
The $200 Billion Quest for Reliable Electricity
By Elvis Eromosele Nigeria is an energy starved nation. Imagine a country in the 21st century with over 200 million people and an unstable power supply. It's a recipe…
The blood Profits Of Nigerian Banks
By Michael Owhoko, The astronomical rise in banks’ profits as reflected in the 2024 full year financial report has exposed the banking industry as a lucrative enterprise powered by arbitrary…
CBEX Ponzi And ‘Miracle Money’
Olusegun Adeniyi Long before the late Sergei Mavrodi arrived on the Nigerian financial scene in November 2015 with his MMM pyramid scheme, his reputation as an international fraudster preceded…
Let the DISCOs die for Nigerians to have light
By Michael Owhoko, Owhoko The unending darkness permeating Nigeria today, unarguably, was the mistake of 2013 when majority stakes in the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) were sold to private investors…
