Nigeria, as one of the largest economies in Africa, has been facing a plethora of challenges in recent years that have contributed to the current general and pervasive hardships faced by its citizens. One of the key factors behind these hardships is Nigeria’s failing fiscal policies, which have not only failed to effectively address the country’s economic woes but have also exacerbated them.
Author: TheStories
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was established with the noble goal of providing a reliable electricity supply to the citizens of Nigeria. However, it has sadly devolved into an organization that routinely engages in acts of incompetence and arbitrary treatment towards its consumers. One glaring example of this misconduct can be seen in the way PHCN has been disconnecting whole estates in places like Garki Area 11 without any reasonable justification.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has successfully dismantled and arrested members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America in a 12-day well-coordinated operation leading to the seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna of the Nigeria Customs Service, says it has arrested the officer, who allegedly extorted N500,000.00 from a car buyer named, Muhammad Dahiru Ahmad along Mokwa-Jebba Road in Niger state.
A violent rivalry clash between rival bandit leaders, have claimed the lives of, at least, five prominent bandit leaders and 48 of their fighters were killed by the Ado Allero group, in a confrontation that took place in Mada village in Gusau, Yan Waren Daji, and Munhaye in the Tsafe local government area on Sunday.
Reading a LinkedIn post by former Senator Babafemi Ojudu on Chinụa Achebe’s famous literary work, the observation that “when idiots get rich, they don’t mix with others” offers a piercing commentary on the pervasive phenomenon of isolation that often accompanies wealth acquired through corrupt means. This sentiment finds poignant resonance in contemporary Nigerian society, where corrupt politicians, businessmen, religious leaders, and even professionals often distance themselves from the very communities and relationships that once defined them.
Sokoto is one of the states in Northern Nigeria that is still grappling with a significant number of out-of-school children despite the multibillion Naira investment by the government done to curtail the problem. In this report, Aminu Alhussaini digs into the complex interplay of poverty, insecurity, entrenched societal attitudes, and flawed policy implementation that continue to derail progress in the state.
TheStories reports that Arewa Economic Forum (AEF), an economic think-tank of intellectuals and business entrepreneurs of Northern Nigeria, has reacted to the financial situation in the country and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider reversing the fuel subsidy removal policy and halt the disbursement of excess allocations to state governors. The AEF Chairman, Shehu Ibrahim Dandakata, who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, said lack of accountability and misplacement of priorities by governors is why poverty and hunger have hit an all-time low in the country. As an alternative to resuming payment for the fuel subsidy,…
A group, the Coalition of Erena Association (COEA) has raised the alarm over a severe humanitarian crisis brewing in Erena, a community in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
Nigeria and Nigerians are going through a challenging period in our history. This was occasioned by the transformational decisions that the leadership of the country took to reshape it. For decades, many of these challenges were left to suppurate. Successive administrations kept pushing forward the difficult decisions, two of which are the issues of petrol subsidy removal and the unification of the exchange rates. The previous governments kept papering the cracks, kicking the can down the road. Zulum works.