Washington built its trade war to contain China. Nearly two years on, the tariffs have failed to break China’s manufacturing momentum while pushing a growing share of the cost onto American households. By Richard Adeolu Adejumobi | TMN Economy & Technology Policy Desk For nearly two years, the economic architecture of President Donald Trump’s second
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With the two-year review window expired, Nigeria’s organised labour is demanding a major wage reset—or threatening a return to industrial action ABUJA — Nigeria’s organised labour has reopened the minimum-wage question, demanding ₦500,000 as the new national minimum wage and warning that the worsening cost-of-living crisis has made the current ₦70,000 wage increasingly untenable. The
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Incumbency, party defection and a three-way contest make August 15 too close for easy predictions OSOGBO — Seven days to the Osun State governorship election, the contest for the Government House in Osogbo has become increasingly difficult to call, with Governor Ademola Adeleke, APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji and ADC candidate Najeem Salaam emerging as the
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WhatsApp messages, military mobilisation plans and a proposed post-Tinubu agenda emerge as proceedings expose the alleged depth of the 2025 conspiracy ABUJA — What began as reports of a foiled attempt to overthrow Nigeria’s elected government is now unfolding in considerably greater detail before the courts, with investigative documents revealing an alleged plan to seize
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Six-week assignment to redefine VAT exemptions, strengthen implementation of Nigeria’s 2026 tax reforms ABUJA — The Federal Government has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to develop a new Value Added Tax (VAT) Modification Order, marking another key step in implementing Nigeria’s sweeping tax reform programme. The committee was inaugurated on Friday by the Minister of Finance
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Government completes emergency evacuation as many returnees arrive with little more than the clothes they wore, leaving behind businesses, homes and families. LAGOS — The last of Nigeria’s government-sponsored evacuation flights from South Africa has landed in Lagos, bringing to a close an emergency airlift that returned more than 1,500 Nigerians fleeing weeks of xenophobic
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Refinery’s switch to dollar-denominated fuel sales ripples across Nigeria, driving pump prices higher and exposing consumers to foreign exchange volatility. LAGOS — For seven years, Chukwuemeka Obi has worked the fuel pumps at a filling station in Ojodu Berger, Lagos. He has witnessed fuel shortages, subsidy removals, and price adjustments, but says few developments have
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For 56 agonising days, classrooms in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State stood as painful reminders of a national tragedy. Desks remained empty, lessons were interrupted, and dozens of families lived between hope and despair after armed kidnappers stormed three schools and whisked away pupils and their teachers. That chapter finally came to a
Every institution that survives long enough develops two things: bureaucracy and a power ecosystem. The first is inevitable. The second is unavoidable. Neither is inherently harmful. Bureaucracy provides continuity, order and accountability. Power ecosystems emerge because leadership invariably attracts advisers, gatekeepers, loyalists, critics and ambitious actors seeking influence. The real danger begins when bureaucracy ceases
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There are scandals that expose corruption. There are scandals that expose incompetence. Then there are scandals that reveal something even more disturbing: a state bureaucracy that has become so fragmented that it can no longer distinguish between what belongs to government and what merely appears to. The lingering controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion
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