In both Israel and the Gaza Strip, economic conditions have worsened as food insecurity, water scarcity, and homelessness have become the order of the day, with the situation considered to…

I am using the word ‘democrats’ in a guided manner in this article because our so-called democrats got elected, though some of them have spent decades in power and are…

Chukwuemeka Okpara had always wanted to go to school abroad. Although his family’s income was below the middle class, he said he had the hope that he would one day…

removal of fuel subsidy and the move to merge foreign exchange rates, two headline reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu administration since late May, triggered problems such as high…

The year 2023 will no doubt be seen as a difficult one, a year of uncertainty. It is a year that defied prophesies and exposed the hollowness in the predictions…

On July 20, 2013, Olaniyi Ibrahim, a catfish farmer who had just finished his National Diploma and was planning on enrolling for his Higher National Diploma, was walking home from…

Before the internet age, an editor in the traditional media had the power of “life and death” over writers in a newsroom. Editors of those years exercised enormous powers. They also…

In 1886, the first communication cable connected Lagos with London in what was meant to serve the communication needs of the country’s colonial masters. By 1893, more government offices had…

The naira closed at a record low of N1,009.05 to a dollar at the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market on Friday, December 8, 2023. This marked the most disastrous week…

The sun begins its ascent over Ikorodu, casting a golden hue on the waterfront as this reporter steps onto a direct ferry, bound for Lagos Island. The air is pregnant…