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In August 2026, the Dangote Refinery secured a $1 billion underwriting for its upcoming stock market listing, set to become Africa’s largest IPO . This financial milestone is merely the latest signal of a profound structural shift underway: Nigeria is emerging as an industrial powerhouse that could fundamentally reshape the African economy—and it could happen sooner […]

The political battle ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election is taking shape around two increasingly contentious issues: the removal of petrol subsidy and the long-running controversy over power-sector spending during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, now the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, has challenged the Federal […]

A group of heartless carpetbaggers have captured the Nigerian state, and it appears that they, their biological and political descendants, will hold the levers of government and access to Nigeria’s commonwealth for a long time to come. When you consider news reports of how previous and current state actors steal public funds, buy choice properties […]

Lagos alone is worth more than Botswana, Namibia, Rwanda and Mauritius combined. Let that sink in. With an economy of N41.17tn — about $102bn in 2021 — Lagos State dwarfed the entire gross domestic products of four countries. Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Bayelsa sit on oil wealth that funds nations. Ogun, Anambra and Imo […]

In a sweeping and sobering 6,000-word essay published on August 26, 2026, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates declared that the world is “dangerously unprepared” for the upheaval brought by artificial intelligence . The shift into the AI era, he warned, will rank among “one of the most turbulent times in human history” . “AI will either […]Read More

Former Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari knows only too well that a free, fair, and credible poll in 2027 could deliver the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) the biggest shock of its life. He may as well choose to live in self-denial, but I am certain that in his quiet moments he knows his party […]

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has raised concerns over the growing volume of imported petrol entering Nigeria, warning that it could be forced to export more of its own production if the trend continues. The refinery said imported Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) made up roughly 43 per cent of the petrol supplied to the Nigerian market […]

UEFA is continuing its campaign to find a single candidate capable of challenging Gianni Infantino in next year’s FIFA presidential election, even as it prepares to abandon its threatened boycott of FIFA competitions. The decision to drop the boycott follows assurances from FIFA that the controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal will not be brought back. […]

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has offered whistleblowers between 2.5 per cent and 5 per cent of recovered stolen Nigerian assets held abroad for information that leads to their recovery. Olukoyede disclosed this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in […]

There are companies that enter an industry, compete within it and eventually become successful. Then there are companies whose presence changes the way an industry—and sometimes an entire society—imagines what is possible. At 23, Globacom belongs firmly in the second category. Founded in August 2003 by Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., GCON, Globacom entered Nigeria’s telecommunications […]

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested six suspects and rescued two pregnant women and four children during an operation targeting an alleged baby factory in the Mowe area of Obafemi Owode Local Government Area. The operation, carried out on Monday, August 24, followed intelligence gathered by police operatives regarding suspected human trafficking and illegal […]

There is no story trending in Nigeria’s sports circle today that interests Nigerian football fans as the call on the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to either resign or not to bother to seek to return in the next election. Mainstream and social media platforms are buzzing with stories on what has happened […]