The Great Telecom Betrayal: Nigerians Pay More for poor network

Nigeria’s telecom subscribers are paying significantly higher prices for calls, data and digital services, yet network failures, dropped calls, slow internet speeds and recurring outages remain widespread. A new TMN investigation reveals how chronic infrastructure damage, weak regulatory enforcement and rising operational costs have combined to create a troubling reality: millions of Nigerians are spending more to stay connected while receiving increasingly unreliable service. As the country’s digital economy expands, the growing gap between tariffs and quality is emerging as one of Nigeria’s most consequential economic and development challenges.

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THE $300 BILLION QUESTION: PEACE, POWER, AND THE PRICE OF CONFLICT

By TMN World Affairs Desk In international politics, numbers often tell stories. Sometimes they tell the truth. Sometimes they tell aspirations. And sometimes they reveal the distance between diplomacy and reality. The reported proposal for a $300 billion United States-backed economic package for Iran has become one of the most debated geopolitical developments of recent

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FG, FMBN Promise Affordable Housing Relief For Civil Servants Nationwide

Federal Workers To Get Support For Rent, House Renovation And Home Ownership ABUJA, NIGERIA The Federal Government and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) have signed a N10 billion agreement to help federal civil servants get better access to affordable housing across the country. The new housing package is expected to support workers with

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NCDC WARNS OF EBOLA RISK As International Travel Raises Concern In Lagos, Abuja

LAGOS, NIGERIA  Nigerian health authorities have placed Lagos, Abuja, Kano and seven other states on high alert following fears that the Ebola virus outbreak currently spreading in parts of Central and East Africa could enter the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) announced on Thursday that it has increased disease monitoring

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Terrorism Has Reduced Significantly in Nigeria — Defence Minister Musa

ABUJA, NIGERIA Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, says the country has made serious progress in the fight against terrorism and violent crimes, even though insecurity has not completely ended in some parts of the country. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Friday, Musa said terrorist activities have reduced greatly compared to what

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Three Years After the Shock Therapy: Tinubu Says Nigeria Is Recovering

Abuja — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has defended the sweeping economic reforms introduced since he took office in 2023, insisting that Nigeria is now on a path to stability and long-term growth despite the hardships many citizens continue to face. In a nationwide statement marking the third anniversary of his administration on May 29, Tinubu

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The Poverty Paradox: Why Nigeria’s Reform Success Is Not Yet a Human Success

There is a number that should dominate every cabinet meeting, every budget review, every FAAC celebration, and every assessment of Nigeria’s economic trajectory. That number is 140 million. One hundred and forty million Nigerians now live in poverty. Not the poverty of statistical abstraction. Not the poverty of economic modelling. But the poverty of empty

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