OUR government, especially the one in office now, is fond of reeling out data, particularly data from multilateral institutions and global rating agencies to justify their performance in office. As you may know, government officials have been throwing macro-economic data at us to  show that they they have been working in our interest. As if […]

The United Nations Security Council, UNSC meets end October, 2026  on the  future of Western Sahara.  The emerging consensus in the 15-Member body is not to renew the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) which expires on October 31, 2026. Since the main objective of MINURSO is to organize a referendum […]

This is authorial licence. I am writing about a subject on which I have no particular interest, by which I mean that I’m not rooting for any candidate in next year’s presidential election. However, I am fascinated by how the opposition parties have been “strategising” to unseat President Bola Tinubu, yet doing so in fits […]

There is no shortage of advice about listening. Every leadership book includes a chapter on it. Every communication workshop dedicates time to it. The guidance is remarkably consistent: make eye contact, avoid interrupting, ask clarifying questions, paraphrase what you have heard. This is all sensible. It is also insufficient, because it treats listening as a […]

Former Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi buried his mother, Ezinne Mary Oruah, on May 5, 2026 in Ubima, his ancestral Ikwerre hometown. It was a celebration of life. At 89 years, she lived long and well. Her son was not only a two-term governor but also Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly for eight […]

There is this Northern Muslim girl who has carved a niche for herself on social media by making candid comments on Nigeria’s major ethnic groups. She packages it as comedy to blunt accusations of bigotry. She recently commented on one of the greatest dilemmas militating against Igbo unity: identity crisis. According to her, the Igbo […]

“Degeneration and advance are not fixed processes but recur in cycles in the history of every nation.” — John Buchan A most disconcerting phenomenon confronting Northern Nigeria today is the failure to educate its children properly. A drive around Abuja and adjoining parts of Nasarawa State makes the point painfully vivid. Children of school age, […]

The campaigns for the 2027 general election are officially on, and it has been three weeks since the field was thrown open for action. But not so much seems to be happening, as the politicians appear to be taking their time. This was not the case in 2023. At this time in that year’s electoral […]

Whether you like it or not, very soon, AI will take over most human responsibilities. It will reason and think for you and attend to the most basic of needs. AI will function in such a way as to demonstrate such superhuman capabilities that can literally not be overridden by the humans who created it […]

In Nigeria today, the most important political meeting may not be taking place in Abuja, Lagos, or any party secretariat. It is taking place quietly in millions of Nigerian homes, where families sit down every evening to calculate what their income can still buy. That calculation may ultimately determine the outcome of the 2027 elections. […]

Nigeria’s 2027 campaign is acquiring its familiar shape. Billboards will multiply. Governors and ministers will present flyovers, airports, and freshly paved roads as proof that government has worked. In the political marketplace, concrete photographs well: it gives achievement a shape, a price tag, and a ribbon to cut. Yet visibility is not the same as […]

This week, we continue  the series on why the House of Chiefs should be considered by the National Assembly.  He obtained the postgraduate degree of LL.B (now LLM) at Clare College, Cambridge University in 1967 and a doctorate (Ph.D.) degree from Cambridge in 1970. He was also a scholar at Clare College, Cambridge University and […]

By Dele Sobowale The Benin-Agbor-Asaba highway to sudden death symbolizes everything wrong with how the Federal Government and Minister David Umahi have been managing Nigerian roads. The horrors of that road are being replicated everywhere – as will be demonstrated shortly. Umahi obviously is the wrong man for one of the most important assignments. Nigeria’s […]

It was bemusing to read in the news that Nigeria has joined the Red Sea Alliance, an ostensibly “maritime security” coalition cobbled together by Saudi Arabia, along with 12 other predominantly Muslim countries in tow. The announcement exposes our current approach to foreign policy: episodic, sentimental, and reactive rather than deliberate and strategic. It has […]

There are not a few who see Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, former Minister of Interior and onetime Osun State Governor, as an enigma. A politician that would not shy away from a fight he considers necessary, even if it appears unwinnable. A man who would yield no ground unless confronted with a superior argument. A […]