Letters

Despite the Central Bank of Nigeria's prohibition in February 2021 on banks and financial institutions facilitating cryptocurrency transactions, the swift adoption of cryptocurrencies in Nigeria has presented both opportunities and challenges. While digital currencies can enhance financial inclusion, spur economic innovation, and improve remittance processes, their pseudo-anonymity and decentralized nature have rendered them susceptible to…

The rebasing of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) stands as a pivotal statistical exercise, one that seeks to recalibrate the nation’s economic measurement framework in line with contemporary realities. Led by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), this initiative aims to update the base year used for calculating GDP, ensuring it reflects the current structure,…

In the last few months, there have been talks about rebasing the two important economic indicators, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI). While the GDP calculates the value of all goods and services in the economy within a year, the CPI calculates the average change in prices over time that…

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi has ordered the final forfeiture of a property in Ikorodu, Lagos State, to the Federal Government. Justice A.O. Owoeye on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of the u-shaped two-storey building situated on the premises of Goodwill Private Schools, Ikorodu. The judge gave the order, following a motion ex-parte dated…

At independence in 1960, Nigeria stood tall and proud. As tall as the Iroko and just as towering. After many years of deleterious colonialism, Africa’s most populous economy and democracy was finally able to call its soul its own, deftly spinning away from the deceptive stories

In the realm of quiet deeds, a legend stands tall, celebrating Festus Keyamo at 55, gracious through it all. A silent achiever, with wisdom, shining so bright. From his humble beginnings at the prestigious Government College, Ughelli, where he obtained his West African School Certificate, and later proceeded to Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo…

Growing up, I spent much of my early life with an elderly woman I called “Iya Olobi,” who became a maternal figure to me. She took me in to ease my mom’s stress as a working mother, caring for me even after my mom moved to a nearby house.

The wife of the Inspector General of Police, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, has applauded Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf's empowerment initiatives for police officers, wives and widows in the state. Mrs Egbetokun, who doubles as President of the Police Officers' Wives Association (POWA), gave the accolade when she led wives of top police officers on a courtesy…

Sir: Nigerians are keenly watching the melodrama going on Edo State on the issue of the local government financial autonomy.

The Lagos State Government has shut down Smiley Kids Montessori, Heritage Place Estate, Sangotedo, after a swimming pool accident led to the death of a two-year-old female, Rapheala Ogbodo, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The girl's mother had taken to X to allege that her daughter was electrocuted contrary to the report she got of…

Sir: Recently, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commissioned the world class edifice named in his honour at the Nigerian lmmigration Service headquarters Abuja, the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex (BATTIC).

The introduction of any belief system that is practically proven to be incompatible with the native people’s realities is defective, deceitful, and dead on arrival. Nature is dynamic; ditto the people’s belief system  - religion.