Running on Fumes: Inside the Silent Collapse of Nigeria’s Small Businesses
ABUJA, Nigeria – From barber shops to cafés and roadside kitchens, rising fuel prices, inflation and power cuts are forcing entrepreneurs into impossible choices…
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Cost of Living
Nigeria’s Housing Dream on the Brink: Inside the Relentless Rise of Building Costs
ABUJA, Nigeria – On a dusty stretch of Kubwa, where half-built homes stand like abandoned promises, the price of a single plank tells a…
Power Bills or Public Services? Nigerians Speak on Electricity Subsidy Row
(By Hussaini Ibrahim, Korede Abdullah, Oluwafunbi Bello, Edino Cornelius, Oluwatobi Adu and Otamere Gladness) As Nigeria weighs the future of its electricity subsidy, voices…
Silent Bells, Steady Feet: How Abuja Learned to Celebrate Without Excess
ABUJA, Nigeria – Abuja does not shout when it celebrates. It hums. During the 2025–2026 festive season, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory moved to a…
Under The Hood: The Hidden Crisis Driving Abuja’s Soaring Transport Fares
ABUJA, Nigeria – For months, commuters across Abuja have fumed at the escalating cost of transport. From Gwagwalada to Kubwa, Lugbe to Nyanya, a…
Broken Keys to a Promised Home: Inside Nigeria’s Troubled ‘Affordable Housing’ Dream
ABUJA, Nigeria – Hope was supposed to rise from the red earth of the Renewed Hope Estate — the flagship housing project sold as…
Opposition Claims Government Manipulates Food Prices Amid Rising Hardship
ABUJA, Nigeria – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Federal Government of using food pricing as a political tool, arguing that recent…