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Governor Babagana Zulum Borno State, North-East Nigeria has been the epic centre of Nigeria’s longest running war between the Islamist...

The challenge facing Nigeria is not simply how to grow the economy, but how to ensure that growth is rooted...

Tin mining site at Barikin Ladi (Credit: Kabir Yusuf, PREMIUM TIMES) Ultimately, the stakes are high. Nigeria’s mining sector can...

The deeper truth is less dramatic, harder to weaponise and more enduring: in the everyday life of South Africa, migrants...

It appears that all may not be well between Vice President Kashim Shettima and his political protégé, Professor Babagana Umara...

By systematically lowering the cost of borrowing and building a universal credit identity, the Renewed Hope Agenda is doing something...

Somewhere in Nigeria today, a market is open because an arms shipment was intercepted last week. A village is quieter...

This tribute is therefore not merely about honouring individuals; it is about preserving lessons, reinforcing values, and recognising that true...

Some of Funke Awodiya's poems have a lyrical beauty that reminds me the early Leopold Sehghor, extolling the beauty of...

NNPC Limited. NNPC Ltd sits at the centre of public finance, foreign exchange earnings, energy security and investor confidence. For...

Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. The critical question, however, is not just about who is contesting, but what the electorate...

...every political argument meets its limits at some point. Narratives can be repeated, reframed and defended, but data has a...

...pouring endless funds into an unoptimised framework is not a long-term strategy. It has become critically urgent to fundamentally restructure...

Yet, the battle is far from over. Criminal networks continue to evolve, deploying new tactics to evade detection, including disguising...

For both the ruling party and the opposition, the lessons are clear. If the opposition fails to consolidate, history may...

  The events of 9 April and 15 April...highlight the importance of coordination across institutions. Cybersecurity today operates within an...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. It is obvious that despite all your efforts to cobble your platform together, you are...

In April, the World Bank repeated a familiar prescription, one of many that have never guided any developing nation toward...

The trans-Atlantic slave trade. Image credit: Lacommunis. Whether this moment leads to substantive change remains to be seen. But one...

I was recently invited to give a lecture with the above title by Professor Jide Oladipo, the erudite Dean of...

Image credit: ChatGPT/Hurumende African football stands at a crossroads. It can either continue to operate within a framework of contested...

Nigeria's unemployment paradox is ultimately a measurement problem with real-world consequences. The country is not as employed as the headline...

In thinking about Adamawa’s future, it is important to avoid both cynicism and blind optimism. The state has seen cycles...

Corps Marshall Shehu Mohammed We rounded off the day with a visit to the National Traffic Radio 107.1 FM, which...

Women at a mining site in Barikin Ladi, a town near Jos, Plateau State. (Credit: Kabir Yusuf, PREMIUM TIMES) Ultimately,...