“Nigeria has never had expansionist tendencies, never been threatening towards our neighbours,      and always chosen the path of peace and conciliation. This, in part, may have to do with the makeup      of our polity and social fabric. Being such a huge country, we are used…
Walk into any policy discussion on Nigerian manufacturing, and you’ll hear the same refrain: local producers need protection from imports. Poultry farmers want tariffs on frozen chicken. Fish processors demand import restrictions. Local refineries want tariffs on imported fuel. Textile manufacturers plead for border controls. The pattern repeats across nearly every sector of the economy….
What a year it has been for Nigeria, one that might yet go down in the country’s foreign relations history as one of the most consequential. Not since the era in which Nigeria played a frontline role in decolonising Africa and ending the ignoble reign of apartheid in South Africa, and then, her defining role…
Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB), the Pan-African Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) dedicated to promoting and financing housing, urban development and related infrastructure, has announced the election of Mr. Lionel Zinsou as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Said Athman Mtwana as Vice Chairman. The elections were concluded during the 149th Meeting of the Board of…
We have obviously now found ourselves in that difficult place in which we are not only faced with multiple and interconnected crises, but an ever-evolving violent extremism that has been metastasizing and changing form as it grows. We are faced with what suggests itself as a polycrisis, a term coined by Edgar Morin and Anne…
Nigeria, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has won the 2025 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize for its project, the Digital Awareness Programme (DAP), under Category C3, which is on Access to Information and Knowledge. The DAP, one of hundreds of projects submitted for the WSIS Prizes competition 2025, received the highest…
Following a successful screening by its Committee on Communications, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Idris Ibikunle Olorunnimbe (representing South West) as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Adopting the Committee’s report during its plenary session, the Senate also confirmed Maryam Bayi (North East), Senator Ramoni Olalekan Mustafa (South…
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for explaining how innovation drives sustained economic growth. Their research reveals a profound truth: for the first time in human history, the last two centuries have witnessed continuous economic growth that has lifted vast numbers out of poverty….
Today, Mr Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly. It is a speech we eagerly anticipate, not just because the VP has a way with words and is well regarded as a Bibliophile, the speech comes on the back of his impressive presentation last…
Today, Mr Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly. It is a speech we eagerly anticipate, not just because the VP has a way with words and is well regarded as a Bibliophile, the speech comes on the back of his impressive presentation last…
