In a nation long accustomed to hollow promises and diluted reforms, President Bola Tinubu’s latest initiative—the creation of 1,000 jobs in each of Nigeria’s 8,809 wards—feels less like a policy announcement and more like the final declaration of war on unemployment. It is a bold, grassroots-first proposition that, if faithfully executed, could recalibrate Nigeria’s economic…

Recently, three reputed international media organizations highlighted a transformative narrative about Nigeria that often escapes domestic headlines. Reuters documented the rise of millionaire cocoa farmers—visionaries leveraging innovation and scale to revolutionize agriculture, a sector foundational to Nigeria’s economic resurgence. Similarly, Financial Times (of London) reported on Chemical and Allied Products Plc, a leading Nigerian paint…

Emergency powers are designed to be constitutional safety valves for exceptional times of crisis. In Nigeria, however, their invocation has often been controversial, as leaders have sometimes used them to suspend democratic institutions. From the Western Region crisis of 1962 to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent six-month intervention in Rivers State, the central question has…

EDO State Migration Agency last Thursday paraded two female minors who were rescued in Zaria, Kaduna State, on their way to Libya. The two girls, aged 13 and 14, were lured from their Textile Mill Road residence in Benin City by a ‘trolley’, a euphemism for human trafficker, who is now at large. One of…

If there is any oncoming event that is being anxiously awaited, it’s none other than the much-talked-about landmark entertainment event from the stables of the prestigious and foremost entertainment outfit, Evergreen Music Company, Ariya Eko. In an interview session with  Justnews’ Wole Adepoju, the beautiful, creative, and dynamic managing director of Evergreen Music Company, Bimbo…

Wealthy people hardly buy private jets or yachts. It is not a good use of money. Only people we call in local parlance ‘Money Miss Road’ buy them. Except you are buying them to rent out, it makes no financial sense, because every day, whether you are flying or not, it costs thousands of dollars…

A man married two wives. To maintain fairness, he set up a roster to guide who shared his bed and when. Since they were only two, he made the bed-sharing a weekly arrangement. Both wives agreed, and the man faithfully fulfilled his duties in each wife’s bed. It seemed the women were satisfied until one…

What makes me fire people?Dishonesty is the primary offence. Indiscipline is another. Greed and selfishness are also high on the list. No matter how competent you are, the moment I uncover an act of deception, you’re gone. How can you and I be in the room, sitting across from each other and discussing the fortunes…