In this week’s edition of Week in Focus, Nigeria’s Supreme Court last Friday delivered judgements in governorship election disputes concerning seven states. Some of the judgements came as a shock to many.Plus, Dangote Petroleum Refinery,...

The World Bank last week reported a 46% poverty rate in Nigeria for 2023, indicating 104 million individuals living in poverty. Some Young Nigerian professionals give their take on the figures. Plus, retail giant Shoprite are closin...

Last week the Nigerian Army acknowledged their involvement in a bomb attack that killed more than 100 civilians who were celebrating Maulud Nabiy at Tudun Biriin in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This is not the first time of such...

In this week’s edition, President Bola Tinubu presented the 2024 proposed budget to the National Assembly. How optimistic are Nigerians about the budget? Immediate-past president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has been receiving knocks...

Last week President Bola Tinubu was in Berlin, Germany where he attended the G20 Compact with Africa (CWA) Conference. What does this mean to Nigeria.In the focus again this week is the Court of Appeal judgement on the Kano gubernatorial...

Last week the Court of Appeal in Abuja sacked the Kano State governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared Nasir Gawuna as winner of the February 2023 elections. We look at the aftermath of the judgement. Also in this edition: Did the Nige...

Recently, the Kano State Hisbah Board - which is a local morality police force - launched a coordinated raid on some hotels in the metropolis, where it arrested about 190 young girls and boys. This week our panel looks at whether ar...

Is it practical to continue conducting weddings at the expense of the taxpayer? Our discussants look at the Kano State mass wedding.They also highlight the complexity of the Israeli Palestine conflict; Finally is BBC right to clear Presi...

Dozens of female students from two academic institutions in Northern Nigeria were abducted last week. We ask today: does the Tinubu government really have a grasp over the security challenges in the country? We also add our voice to th...

“Strike action is for the benefit of Nigerians”. “No, it is detrimental to the already rickety and struggling economy”. Some young professionals give their take on the proposed indefinite strike that’s been called by the labour unio...

Was Africa's agenda really presented at the recently concluded 78th United Nations General Assembly?The judgement of the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal which sacked governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared Nasir Yusuf Gawuna as gov...

"A deep cut that has to heal gradually", one of our guests this week describes Nigeria's many problems and opines that it will take time to fix them. This is as we ask how have policies introduced by the new government of President Bol...

Should an elected president be sworn in while there are existing petitions challenging their victory; or does it make sense to conclude the legal processes first before being sworn in?This week, a team of young legal practitioners analys...

Last week the military in Gabon toppled the government of Ali Bongo. The coup came just weeks after the government of Mohammed Bazoum of Niger was overthrown by soldiers. There have been scenes of jubilation following the coups in both countrie...

 In Nigeria, the presidency released the list containing the names of new ministers and their portfolios on Wednesday, 16, August, 2023; and Nigerians have been reacting to the calibre of the appointees as well as the portfolios assigned t...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last week ordered immediate deployment of standby force as well as imposed new sanctions in response to the military coup in the Republic of Niger. This week, we look at the lat...

The military coup in Niger Republic is entering its 3rd week and calls for the return of democracy continue. The ECOWAS on 30th July, gave the Niger military a seven-day ultimatum to bring back constitutional order or face dire cons...

The much-anticipated ministerial list of President Bola Tinubu received some mixed reactions. Why? Plus, what are the implications of the military coup in Niger Republic for Nigeria and Africa? 

 All Nigerians have been talking about recently is the hike in the price of petrol to N617 per litre, which represents an increase of about 25 percent on the previous price of N545 per litre. There is also the debate over the prop...

Why did Mmesoma's JAMB result falsification matter become such an emotionally charged one? Plus, Nigerians are still waiting on President Bola Tinubu to come up with a Ministerial list.

President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria is now open for global business. So what does that mean? Also, find out why universities in Nigeria are increasing their tuition fees. 

The Kano State government of Abba Kabir Yusuf since coming to power on 29 May 2023, has been demolishing many structures built on public spaces that were alleged to have been sold by past governor Umar Ganduje. Expectedly, this has become an em...

In this episode of our weekly podcast, Week in Focus,  Hadiza Musa Yusuf and Baffa Sunusi chat about how removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria is impacting life in Nigeria.

In this episode we take a look at Nigeria's transition from President Muhammadu Buhari to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was sworn in on May 29, 2023.

In our maiden episode, Hadiza Yusuf Musa talks with Barrister Baffa Sunusi on the legacies of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria.