By Moshood Oshunfurewa The machinery of Nigeria’s democracy is grinding towards 2027, yet the omens are anything but auspicious. What we are witnessing is not the meticulous preparation for a credible election, but the slow, deliberate construction of a political powder keg. The Independent Natio...
parks
Blue finance must become the preferred option for capital mobilisation as Nigeria seeks to diversify away from oil dependence. The extensive mangroves and coastal ecosystems in the Niger Delta offer entry points into the blue carbon market. These sustainable nature-based solution...
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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has demanded the resignation of Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, over his comparison of petrol prices in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, accusing him of ignoring the disparity in earnings and purchasing ...
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—BARRING any last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu is expected to return to the country tomorrow, ending a four-week working vacation in Europe. Upon his return, the President is scheduled to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary in Lagos be...
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***Payment for new PVCs, sensitive materials, contractors affected ***N500bn of N873.78bn election budget released By Clifford Ndujihe & Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA — With 111 days to the January 16, 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections, concerns are mounting over the non-rel...
safety
Recently, thirty-seven illegal miners were arrested and detained in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna but never came out alive. That grim fact alone demands a thorough reckoning with Nigeria’s detention system and the accountability of a...
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(suleimansuleiman@dailytrust.com; 07066451983 SMS) Nigeria has a complicated relationship with capitalism. For the most part, it is barely understood. In Nigeria, capitalism is often presented as something inherently bad. This draws from the residual legacy of Nigerian Marxism, a...
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Abubakar Malami visited impunity on the office of Attorney-General of the Federation; indignity upon Nigeria; and infamy upon himself. There is more than enough in the decision of the arbitration tribunal to bring him before the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee and to d...
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Lindsay Carlton Eseoghene Barrett was a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican when he came from Britain to Nigeria in July 1966 on a few weeks’ visit. Those weeks have stretched to over sixty years, with the playwright, poet, journalist and photographer becoming one of the best-known Nig...
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Nigeria’s food, beverage and tobacco industry led manufacturing investment in 2025, attracting N375.03bn, a 63.5% increase from 2024, says MAN. Read More: https://punchng.com/food-beverage-firms-lead-nigerias-real-investments-with-n375bn/...
Local
The Lagos State Building Control Agency has warned building professionals against taking on roles outside their expertise to prevent building collapses in Read More: https://punchng.com/lasbca-warns-building-professionals-against-role-overlap/...
News
An editorial on Nigeria’s power crisis, arguing that despite accurate diagnoses by the Power Minister, the sector needs sustained political will to execute Read More: https://punchng.com/power-sector-crisis-between-diagnosis-and-delivery/...
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged Nigerians to respond to the country’s challenges with renewed faith and hope for its 66th anniversary. Read More: https://punchng.com/independence-sanwo-olu-urges-nigerians-to-renew-faith-hope/...
