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SPECIAL REPORT By Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the largest in the world, opens to public investors this week. It is the most consequential bet on African industrial

Postscript by Waziri Adio Without a doubt, the sustained and steep rise in the cost of living in the last three years will dominate the campaigns for the presidency in

In my forthcoming book, ‘Anatomy of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election’, due for publication in the last week of October 2026, I make a number of bold assertions after scrutinising voting

FTSE Russell, a global index provider behind many of the world’s investment benchmarks, on Thursday announced that from the opening of trading on September 21, 2026, it will restore Nigeria

Right of Reply By SuleimanA. S. Dr Rueben Abati’s “The Menace of Fake Agencies” syndicated column in THISDAY and TheCable this week makes an interesting, but also an alarming reading.

EXPRESSO BY STEVE OSUJI The market supremo, better known as Iyaloja has her fancy office on a loft near the centre of the market. It’s the biggest market in the

Olusegun Adeniyi While campaigning for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket in the recently concluded 2011 general election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar came up with what I considered the most fundamental statement I have heard

Engagements with Chidi Amuta When in February 2025 Babangida released his long awaited memoir, A Journey in Service, the book launch at the Congress Hall,  Abuja Hilton Hotel, was filled beyond

Guest Columnist By Femi falana On June 12, 1994, Chief M. K.O. Abiola declared himself President on the basis of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which he won fair

Dialogue With Nigeria By AKIN OSUNTOKUN Going into reelection campaigns, incumbents are commonly burdened with propaganda deficit. Primarily, it has to do with the fact that opponents are the aspirational