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Key Takeaways Liechtenstein’s GDP per capita has grown by $67,713 since 2020, the largest absolute gain globally. Guyana saw the sharpest percentage increase in GDP per capita, surging 351% in five years, fueled by its rapidly expanding oil industry. Since 2020, U.S. GDP per capita has grown by $25,081, the seventh-highest increase in the world.…
November 14, 2025
By Farooq Kperogi A social media contact familiar with Lt. A.M. Yerima reached out to me after my last update to say that the young man is not, as I had suggested, the scion of an upper-crust military family. His evidence was convincing. Yet many claims, including those circulated by popular AI chatbots such as…
November 14, 2025
By Fred Chukwuelobe I had a hot exchange with one guy who publishes an online newsletter called “Security Monitor.” The bone of contention was SaharaReporters exclusive story which alleged that there was a failed coup. He abused the publication and called it harbinger of fake news. I told him that a quality journalist is not…
November 14, 2025
By Amb. Kio Solomon Amieyeofori The sad passing of *Professor U. Joy Ogwu, OFR,* former Foreign Minister and, to me, simply Her Excellency or “PR” (Permanent Representative), on 12 October, 2025, in New York, left me deeply heartbroken. Only days earlier, on 6 October, we had spoken briefly. Though feeling unwell, she summoned her characteristic…
November 14, 2025
Key Takeaways Gross public debt stands at $111 trillion globally in 2025, rising by $8.3 trillion since 2024. Together, the U.S. and China hold 51.8% of the world’s government debt. While global public debt is lower than pandemic highs in real terms, it remains stubbornly elevated at $111 trillion. This graphic shows world debt by…
November 14, 2025
Oil prices steadied on Wednesday after a sharp 4% slide the day before, with Brent trading near $63.08 and WTI around $58.80 at 11:01 a.m. ET, as traders reassessed the latest OPEC shift toward a more balanced 2026 market outlook. The passage of the U.S. funding deal that ended the government shutdown removed one macro problem, but crude…
November 14, 2025
By Sonny Iroche The recent announcement by the Federal Government of Nigeria cancelling the earlier National Language Policy (NLP) mandate, requiring Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and other indigenous languages to serve as the primary mediums of instruction in early education, has generated understandable debate. However, when examined through the lenses of global competitiveness, Nigeria’s developmental realities,…
November 13, 2025
By Babafemi Ojudu We have truly degenerated in Nigeria. Can you imagine a Shehu Shagari as minister in the First Republic behaving this way? Or a Richard Akinjide in the Second? Or Chief Bola Ige in the Third? Public life in Nigeria has lost its dignity. The solemnity once associated with leadership has been replaced…
November 12, 2025
By Farooq Kperogi I have read competing perspectives on the correctitude (or lack thereof) of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Lt. A.M. Yerima’s conduct in the viral video of their gladiatorial rhetorical combat. My concern, however, is different. Several social media commentators, irrespective of partisan affiliations, appear united in proclaiming that Wike finally “met his…
November 12, 2025
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Key Takeaways Liechtenstein’s GDP per capita has grown by $67,713 since 2020, the largest absolute gain globally. Guyana saw the sharpest percentage increase in GDP per capita, surging 351% in five years, fueled by its rapidly expanding oil industry. Since 2020, U.S. GDP per capita has grown by $25,081, the seventh-highest increase in the world.…
November 14, 2025
By Farooq Kperogi A social media contact familiar with Lt. A.M. Yerima reached out to me after my last update to say that the young man is not, as I had suggested, the scion of an upper-crust military family. His evidence was convincing. Yet many claims, including those circulated by popular AI chatbots such as…
November 14, 2025
By Fred Chukwuelobe I had a hot exchange with one guy who publishes an online newsletter called “Security Monitor.” The bone of contention was SaharaReporters exclusive story which alleged that there was a failed coup. He abused the publication and called it harbinger of fake news. I told him that a quality journalist is not…
November 14, 2025
By Amb. Kio Solomon Amieyeofori The sad passing of *Professor U. Joy Ogwu, OFR,* former Foreign Minister and, to me, simply Her Excellency or “PR” (Permanent Representative), on 12 October, 2025, in New York, left me deeply heartbroken. Only days earlier, on 6 October, we had spoken briefly. Though feeling unwell, she summoned her characteristic…
November 14, 2025
Key Takeaways Gross public debt stands at $111 trillion globally in 2025, rising by $8.3 trillion since 2024. Together, the U.S. and China hold 51.8% of the world’s government debt. While global public debt is lower than pandemic highs in real terms, it remains stubbornly elevated at $111 trillion. This graphic shows world debt by…
November 14, 2025
Oil prices steadied on Wednesday after a sharp 4% slide the day before, with Brent trading near $63.08 and WTI around $58.80 at 11:01 a.m. ET, as traders reassessed the latest OPEC shift toward a more balanced 2026 market outlook. The passage of the U.S. funding deal that ended the government shutdown removed one macro problem, but crude…
November 14, 2025
By Sonny Iroche The recent announcement by the Federal Government of Nigeria cancelling the earlier National Language Policy (NLP) mandate, requiring Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and other indigenous languages to serve as the primary mediums of instruction in early education, has generated understandable debate. However, when examined through the lenses of global competitiveness, Nigeria’s developmental realities,…
November 13, 2025
By Babafemi Ojudu We have truly degenerated in Nigeria. Can you imagine a Shehu Shagari as minister in the First Republic behaving this way? Or a Richard Akinjide in the Second? Or Chief Bola Ige in the Third? Public life in Nigeria has lost its dignity. The solemnity once associated with leadership has been replaced…
November 12, 2025
By Farooq Kperogi I have read competing perspectives on the correctitude (or lack thereof) of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Lt. A.M. Yerima’s conduct in the viral video of their gladiatorial rhetorical combat. My concern, however, is different. Several social media commentators, irrespective of partisan affiliations, appear united in proclaiming that Wike finally “met his…
November 12, 2025
