By Victor Agbu Kepas The destruction of illicit drugs worth hundreds of billions of naira by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos should not be viewed merely as another successful law-enforcement operation. It should be treated as a sobering reminder of the scale, sophistication and growing danger of Nigeria’s drug crisis.The NDLEA’s
By Audu Makama For more than three decades, electricity has remained one of Nigeria’s greatest development failures. Successive governments have promised reforms, billions of dollars have been invested, and several policy overhauls have been introduced. Yet for millions of Nigerians, reliable electricity remains elusive.The contradiction is difficult to ignore. Nigeria possesses one of Africa’s largest
Nigeria, US Deepen Defence Cooperation, Counter-Terrorism Partnership at Washington Talks Nigeria and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral defence relations and deepening cooperation in the fight against terrorism and other security threats. The commitment followed high-level bilateral engagements between Nigerian and US officials in Washington, D.C., aimed at enhancing military-to-military relations,
By Victoria Musa For decades, Nigeria’s education system has been shaped by an overwhelming preference for university degrees, while technical and vocational education occupied the margins. The result is a familiar paradox: universities continue to produce thousands of graduates each year, yet industries struggle to find skilled technicians, artisans and technologists. Graduate unemployment remains high,
By Audu Tukur Musa For decades, Nigeria has grappled with one of the world’s most persistent electricity crises despite being Africa’s largest economy and one of the continent’s leading producers of oil and natural gas. With an installed electricity generation capacity exceeding 13,000 megawatts (MW), the country rarely delivers more than 4,000–6,000 MW to the
By Musa Audu Uba Nigeria’s electricity sector remains one of the most consequential tests of national development. For millions of households and businesses, access to reliable power is still uncertain, despite decades of reforms, policy initiatives, and institutional restructuring. The latest proposal to establish a Grid Asset Management Company (GAMCO) has therefore been greeted with
As Nigeria edges closer to the 2027 general elections, fresh cracks are emerging within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), with mounting concerns over how the party’s consensus system is being deployed to shape candidacies across key states.Investigations reveal that while the consensus model was originally designed to promote unity and reduce internal friction, it
A diligent review has uncovered troubling patterns behind Nigeria’s recent surge in school kidnappings, revealing a complex mix of insecurity, political calculation, and fragile state mechanisms.In the last fortnight alone, armed men abducted 25 female students from Government Girls Comprehe nsive Secondary School in Maga town, Kebbi State, killing two staff members, including the Vice
Nigeria’s emergency medical landscape has, in recent years, begun to experience incremental but significant reforms aimed at addressing long-standing gaps in timely access to critical care.Across federal and subnational levels, policymakers are increasingly prioritising emergency medical services (EMS) as a core pillar of healthcare reform, particularly in response to preventable deaths linked to delays in
The APRIL 2026 Global Terrorism Index, published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, paints a grim picture of Nigeria’s security outlook. The country has climbed to fourth place among the nations most impacted by terrorism, rising from its previous position of sixth.In 2025 alone, Nigeria recorded 171 terrorist incidents and 750 deaths, marking a