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“Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” Times change, and we change with them. Some years arrive with spectacle, with upheaval that demands attention. Others arrive quietly, insistently, reshaping life before their weight is fully understood. 2025 in Nigeria was of the latter. It did not collapse. It did not triumph. It compelled the nation to confront itself.On a Tuesday morning in early January, before any official pronouncement or statistical briefing, the country was already aware of the season’s challenge. At the motor parks, drivers adjusted fares in silence, anticipating the rising cost of fuel. From Idumota Market in Lagos to Monday Market in Maiduguri and Sabo Gari Market in Kano, traders shifted prices mid-morning, recalibrating their margins as households silently reshuffled meals and transport plans.Some Nigerians recounted how they had begun rationing electricity at home and combining trips to reduce petrol expenses. Survival, not aspiration, became the fr...

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has reiterated his earlier stance that President Bola Tinubu has given Ndigbo the Biafra they have been seeking through absolute inclusion in national politics, just as he foresees 2026 as the year of restoration.Umahi stated this in his New Year message on Wednesday, while emphasising that the worst period of Nigeria’s nationhood is over through robust economic policies of the present administration, adding that the coming year shall witness a massive turnaround in all sectors.The minister urged the people of the South East to remain resolute in their support for President Tinubu’s re-election on the grounds that the President is a consolation to Ndigbo on the long years of neglect and marginalisation of the region.Umahi said, “I expressed optimism that the people of the South-East region shall rewrite the wrong of 2023 general elections and shall speak loudly in unison in massive votes for President Tinubu, who has resolved the criminal...