Dear Mr. President, Sir, this all started like a joke. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced it was going to execute a naira redesign and force a cashless policy down the throat of citizens. There will be new notes and there will be pegs to cash withdrawals. Shockingly, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, was […]

Background of 2023 presidential election cycle With just six weeks to the 2023 presidential poll and INEC vowing that the elections will hold as scheduled, it is a good time to evaluate the presidential campaigns. We’ll try to analyse, discuss and determine which of the candidates is dominating the trail. Which presidential campaign committee (PCC)

The independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) and Nigerian politicians have been screaming on top of their lungs that Nigerians are failing to pick up their PVC. However, no-one is asking the more important question – why? As Nigerians go to the 8809 wards nationwide to collect their PVCs, I will try to elaborate. This is

Again, Olusegun Obasanjo, the letter writing former president of Nigeria is at it again. He’s written another letter, and this time, he referenced his time as 2-term president (not head of state) as a criterion standard and he assessed the leadership qualities of the 2023 presidential candidates concluding that Peter Obi was the person who

Background: Bolanle Raheem Christmas day 2022, a young couple woke up expecting to have a lovely day. Gbenga and Bolanle Raheem had many reasons to be grateful for the year 2022. Business has been fine, they were living in an upscale area of Lekki, Lagos and they were growing their beautiful family. However, unknown to

Background – cash withdrawal limits Following the outcry that accompanied the December 6th Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) circular on cash withdrawal limits at automated teller machines (ATMs) and point-of-sale (POS) terminals to N20,000 per day, the bank has bowed to pressure and upped the weekly limits for individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and

Part 1: This is Nigeria This is Nigeria. This is home. That’s us. Residing within, is everyone we love – family, friends and fellow citizens. In it are properties we own – lands, homes, cars … This is Nigeria. With its peculiar ruling class, a blood sucking group, vampires with no empathy. Political class, elites,

Background It was September 25th, 2022, Nigeria was thrown into complete darkness, yet again. Power generation had dropped to an inconceivable 38MW for the 200 million population – Nigeria’s power grid had collapsed. At the newspaper stand the other day, one frustrated Nigerian asked, “what constitutes Nigeria’s power grid?” I tried to explain as best

Background With the last month of the year upon us, nigerianoise.com asked a cross-section of Nigerians what they think about the December holidays. Here, we bring you some selected responses. December holidays: Season’s greetings to Nigerians Responses from a select group of Nigerians Olajide, Engineer: I am afraid of travelling during the December holidays, not

President Buhari’s projects History will be kind to President Muhammadu Buhari. While 2015 till date has been really tough on Nigerians generally, the president has delivered on major legacy infrastructure projects. These projects will yield immense benefits in the decades ahead. There are several of them, but will list a few major ones. First, the