OPINION

If Capital is the Answer, What Exactly is the Problem with First Holdco?, by Blaise Udunze

The Olayemi Cardoso-led Central Bank of Nigeria’s 24-month compliance timeline for the recapitalization of Nigeria’s banking system is about to conclude on March 31, 2026, which is framed as an Read More

How Policy Flip-Flops Are Making Nigerians Poorer, by Blaise Udunze

Nigeria’s deepening poverty crisis is no longer speculative; it is now statistically inevitable. Although the latest Consumer Price Index figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) suggest that Read More

NNPC’s $1.42bn, N5.57trn Debt Write-Off and Test of Nigeria’s Fiscal Governance, by Blaise Udunze

When the Federal Government approved the write-off of about $1.42 billion and N5.57 trillion in legacy debts owed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) to the Federation Read More

Why 2026 Must Be the Year Nigeria’s Economy Works for All, by Blaise Udunze

As the new economic year begins in Nigeria, statements and policies emanating from government officials’ corridors project cautious optimism. One of the official narratives that expresses renewal of hope and Read More

Tax Reform or Financial Exclusion? The Trouble with Mandatory TINs, by Blaise Udunze

It is not only questionable but an aberration that a nation where over 38million Nigerians remain financially excluded, where trust in institutions is fragile, and where citizens are pressured under Read More

A Nation on Alert: Is FIRS’ Xpress Payments Move Consolidating a Revenue Cartel?, by Blaise Udunze

Nigeria’s national mood is tense. The country is facing economic hardship, insecurity, public distrust in institutions, and an increasingly widening gap between citizens and their government. Yet, in the midst Read More

Nigeria’s “Era of Renewed Stability” and the Truths the CBN Chooses to Overlook, by Blaise Udunze

At the Annual Bankers’ Dinner, when the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, recently stated that Nigeria had “turned a decisive corner,” his remark aimed to convey Read More

CBN’s 303rd MPC Meeting: A Technocratic Victory, an Economic Setback, and a Missed Opportunity on Nigeria’s Real Crisis, by Blaise Udunze

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 303rd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting arrived at a time of unprecedented tension within the Nigerian economy. The country has not faced a more Read More

Taxing, Borrowing the Future Without Building: What Has Nigeria’s Fiscal Authority Done for the Real Sector?, by Blaise Udunze

In today’s Nigeria, one uncomfortable truth has become glaring that the fiscal authority collects, but it does not build. It borrows, but it does not produce. It taxes, but it Read More

Senator Bagudu Towers Above the Noise: Why This Smear Will Fail, by Muhammad Mustapha

The recent release by a self-proclaimed coalition of 88 APC support groups in Kebbi State, as reported in the Daily Nigerian, contains unfounded and misleading assertions aimed at creating unnecessary Read More

Komolafe’s enduring legacies in global reforms, by Charles Matthew

The name Engineer Gbenga Komolafe keeps resonating with technical precision, depth of influence, and administrative innovation in the growing narrative of Africa’s quest for sustainable development and global relevance within Read More

CBN’s $1trn Mirage: Why Nigeria’s Real Sector Holds the Missing Key, by Blaise Udunze

When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently declared that the country was on course to becoming a $1 trillion economy through ongoing banking reforms, the statement was met with Read More

Why the Nigerian Army And Police Must Build A Harmonious Relationship, by Adewole Kehinde

“Communication will bring understanding, and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships, which can establish peace and stability.” – Lobsang Tenzin The recent disturbing report that some police officers involved in providing security during Read More

Egbetokun’s Commitment To Fairness And Merit Remains Unwavering, by Adewole Kehinde

In every institution, there comes a defining era, one marked not by noise or sentiment, but by the quiet force of integrity, discipline, and vision. For the Nigeria Police Force,Read More

Abiodun Faleke and the Human Face of Politics, by Timothy Hemba Hwande

If politics were to be built up into flesh and bone, one that is fashioned into an individual who could speak, legislate, joke around, and empathise— it would be difficult Read More

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 Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Read More

Governance failure in Kwara and Why APC May Lose The State, by Tope Musbau

There is heightened tension in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, resulting from the feeling of foreboding failure, frustrations and despair. While, many other States of the federation Read More

An Uneasy Head Wears The Crown: IGP Kayode Egbetokun’s Commitment Amid Distractions, by Adewole Kehinde

“Great leaders are willing to confront the uncomfortable and lead people through it” – John C. Maxwell The saying that “an uneasy head wears the crown” could not be more fitting in Read More

Erosion of Trust: How Hidden Charges, Downtime Are Bankrupting Confidence in Nigerian Banks, by Blaise Udunze

In a society where trust is the lifeblood of finance, Nigeria’s banking sector seems to be bleeding credibility at an alarming rate. The relationship between banks and their customers that Read More

Tinubu’s Appointment Of Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN: A Defining Moment For Nigeria’s Electoral Rebirth, by Adewole Kehinde

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) marks the beginning of what could become the Read More