The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is the foundational core of the OPEC+ alliance and comprises 13 oil-rich nations that collectively command...
The political rivalry in Abia State has escalated, with the state government, led by Governor Alex Otti (Labour Party), sharply rebuking Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy...
The political landscape in Lagos State has been rocked by an unsettling wave of deaths, with five female elected and appointed local government officials passing...
Polygamy, most often polygyny, where a man has multiple wives—is a marital practice that, despite being banned and often criminalized in many Western nations, remains...
This is Pero Adeniyi biography, a renowned beauty mogul, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, has made a significant impact on Nigeria’s beauty industry.
Born on August 18, 1978, in Lagos, Nigeria,...
The Lagos State Government is rigorously defending its recent demolition exercise at the Trade Fair Complex, rejecting public accusations of illegality and political motivation. The...
A section of the Rivers State Secretariat Complex in Port Harcourt was engulfed by fire on Monday evening, causing momentary panic among civil servants....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new and comprehensive set of guidelines governing agent banking operations across the country. The move,...
Retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Osita Obierika, a distinguished Nigerian military officer, tragically passed away on October 6, 2025, while mid-air on a British...
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has dramatically declared its spiritual independence from the Church of England, rejecting the appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
The...
The political landscape surrounding the 2027 presidential election has been intensely rattled by a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking...
LAFIA — Retired General Nuhu Angbazo has emerged victorious from the Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, governorship primaries in Nasarawa State, calling on all party faithful to sheathe their swords and rally behind a common vision for the state's development.
In a press statement issued shortly after his victory...
Nigeria has enough installed generation to power a mid-sized country. The grid delivers less than half of it. Around the world, the race to build AI-ready power infrastructure is already underway — and the decisions African governments and investors make in the next eighteen months will determine...
by Cheta Nwanze
The 1990 film Green Card told a relatively innocent story: a French immigrant and an American woman enter a marriage of convenience so he can stay in the US. They barely know each other. They hope never to see each other again after the deal...
In the competitive landscape of legal services, personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys are finding themselves overshadowed by competitors who dominate online visibility. The root of this issue lies in the digital presence that many firms lack. While traditional word-of-mouth referrals still hold value, the digital age...
Dr. Lazarus AngbazoThe nascent AI revolution is not just driving electricity consumption and massive demand for additional capacity—it is reshaping how power is built, maintained, and delivered. For Africa, the real risk is no longer just insufficient capacity—it is also losing control and ability to manage the capacity it...
By Bunmi Onabanjo-Kuku
The first thing you feel when you land in a country is not its culture, not its cuisine, not its people. It is its airport. That threshold, the space between the jet bridge and the city beyond, tells you everything a nation believes about itself...
How inflation, energy insecurity, power scarcity, and geopolitical fragmentation are reshaping the risk-return case for African infrastructure
By Dr. Lazarus Angbazo
At a recent global infrastructure summit, the prevailing mood among institutional investors was unmistakable. Faced with surging capital requirements for energy transition, grid expansion, and digital infrastructure in Europe and...
Nigeria’s biggest local investor, Aliko Dangote, is moving ahead with plans to launch what could become Africa’s largest initial public offering, as Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals prepares to raise up to $5 billion from investors.
The share sale is expected to open as early as May, with...
Criminal networks have turned Nigeria’s telecom towers into open-air warehouses for theft, looting 656 critical power assets across 14 states in 2025 alone and keeping up the pace in early 2026.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) data showed the haul included 152 generators and 504 batteries stolen from...
I have seen enough cycles of tension and resolution to recognise when restraint must prevail over confrontation. The current standoff between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is one such moment. In early April 2026, INEC withdrew recognition of the Senator...
10 months until the 2027 general elections, Nigeria’s opposition landscape appears increasingly fractured, disorganised and strategically weakened.
Although no fewer than 21 political parties have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to participate in the polls, developments within the parties, including internal crises, litigations and other destabilising factors, may...
Nigeria’s business environment continued to expand in March 2026 but slowed as rising input costs and power supply deficits weighed on performance, according to the latest Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) report by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).
The report indicates that the Current Business Performance Index declined...
