Category: Analysis

Ekiti State: What? Who will upset the applecart

  By abiodun KOMOLAFE In a Special State Broadcast on Tuesday, Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of Ekiti State appealed for peace and orderliness ahead of the 2026...

Why Jonathan Won’t Contest, Whatever the Courts Say

By Azu Ishiekwene After the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) announced last week that it would zone the presidency to the South in 2027, some names have...

From Fragility to Foundations: Inside PBAT’s Political Economy

  By Tanimu Yakubu In early 2024, Nigeria’s naira collapsed to ₦1,800 per dollar, rattling households and businesses alike. By August 2025, it had strengthened...

Presidency recounts how Non -Oil Revenues rakes in N15.69trn in Eight months

  Says it is  Strongest Fiscal Performance in Recent History The Presidency has been speaking on how non-oil revenues rakes in N15.69trillion in the first eight...

North West had highest number of Federal projects with N5.97trn-FG

Says critics are spreading half truths and fake informatiln The Federal government has declared that the North West gro political zones  of the country has the highest...

Northwest: The Lion’s Share of Tinubu’s Projects.

  By Tanimu Yakubu, Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation. The Lagos Illusion The viral chart bundles together national infrastructure—federal...

Wike wins as PDP eats the humble pie!

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058   “Does it then mean that the PDP is out of the woods? Not really! Party leaders still have to...

From Devaluation to Domination: How Tinubu’s Exchange Rate Reforms Turned the Naira into Nigeria’s Export Engine

  By Tanimu Yakubu When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration dismantled Nigeria’s rigid foreign exchange regime in 2024, critics were quick to call it a...

Lessons from Brazil and South Africa

By abiodun Komolafe The best way to view the Nigerian nation is that it stands at a critical juncture. The central question is how to transform it from its current state...

AI as the new indolence, that Netanyahu call, Salah’s tweet and our Kwam mentality (2)

By Hassan Gimba But in reality, they do not know who they are, having become vessels for the new indolence that has deprived them of self-awareness and natural...