LAST week, I asked fellow Nigerians, readers of this column what else we can do about insecurity that we haven’t done. It was a rhetorical question. Truth is there’re lots we can do that we haven’t done. Are we no longer Nigerians? The most resilient group of peoples in the world? Are we not the ones that […]

The World Cup 2026 opened on Thursday, June 11, with Mexico playing South Africa. It appeared the entire Africa turned out against our sister African country. In the 1990s, this would have been the reverse. That was when South Africa held a lot of promise for the human race as it busted Apartheid and announced the […]

When Major General Rabe Abubakar (Retd), former army spokesperson, died in captivity on Saturday, June 13, all hell broke loose. Understandably. He was not an ordinary Nigerian. But knowing the country well, all it takes to forget him is another high-profile abduction. And that nearly happened when news broke on Tuesday that terrorists attacked the National […]

The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to name June 12 as Nigeria’s “Democracy Day” was motivated by self-serving politics, not principled conviction. Before he became president in 2015, Buhari never once publicly condemned the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. However, in 2018, as he prepared to seek re-election the following year and faced […]

Imagine sitting in on a virtual meeting where twelve people had their cameras off. The presenter kept asking questions into what felt like a void. No one responded. No reactions. No acknowledgment. Just silence. Then someone typed “??” – a thumbs-up  emoji – in the chat. That single emoji changed the entire energy of the room. […]

Nigeria is not at the FIFA World Cup 2026 holding in Mexico, Canada and the United States. This is already well known because failure cannot easily be assuaged with momentary exhilaration or euphoric response to a mundial that has already earned the status of the biggest footballing event ever, 48 national teams playing in three countries. […]

Last week ended on another note of triumph for the terrorists who are sworn to make life unlivable for Nigerians while the rest of the country mourns. We all came to the sad realization of the death in captivity of General Rabe Abubakar. He had been abducted with his wife about four weeks ago by terrorists […]

“And as his genius was destitute of judgement, he attempted every art, except the important ones of war and government.” — Edward Gibbon on Emperor Gallienus Edward Gibbon judged him a most contemptible prince. The Roman Emperor Gallienus, son of the unfortunate Emperor Valerian, was said to have received with disturbing coldness the fate that befell […]

Yesterday morning (Tuesday), Mike Arnold, an American Christian cleric, politician and founder of Africa Arise International, stirred social media. In a Facebook post he said: “The Iran deal looks done, and it’s pretty much their unconditional surrender. Trump will emerge stronger than ever. Buckle up, Nigeria is next.” Within a few hours, the message had racked […]

By Babajide Komolafe Chairman of Optiva Capital Partners, Franklin Nechi, has said the company remains committed to helping Africans build wealth, create opportunities and secure lasting legacies through global access, smart investments and purpose-driven growth. Speaking during an interactive session with  the media, Nechi said the firm’s vision extends beyond investment immigration to include healthcare, women […]

This  week, we continue the narrative on boycott of elections in Nigeria Chief Ojike did not introduce the slogans for people to boycott elections. Chief Ojike was born in 1912 in Akeme in Arochukwu, Southeastern Nigeria. He attended the Arochukwu Primary School, finishing in 1926 and taking up a teaching appointment with a mission. He returned […]

Every nation eventually reaches a point where silence ceases to be prudence and becomes complicity. At such moments, patience no longer looks like maturity; it begins to look like surrender. Nations do not decline only because bad people act badly. They also decline because good people, seeing danger clearly, choose comfort over truth. Nigeria is approaching such […]

The recurring derailments and operational disruptions on the Warri–Itakpe Railway have become a source of growing concern to commuters, industry stakeholders and policymakers alike. Once celebrated as one of the flagship achievements of Nigeria’s railway modernisation programme, the corridor is increasingly attracting attention for a troubling pattern of derailments and service interruptions. The latest derailment reported […]

By Suleiman A. Suleiman (suleimansuleiman@dailytrust.com; 07066451983 SMS) After 27 years of uninterrupted democratic development, a division of labour of sorts is emerging around three dates in Nigeria’s national calendar. October 1 remains our Independence Day, a moment for reflecting on our journey as one nation. June 12 is now the uncontested Democracy Day, when we […]

…a response to an unsigned commentary on Nigeria’s capital inflows By Tanimu Yakubu The unsigned commentary under review presents itself as a forensic examination of Nigeria’s recent capital-importation figures. Its central thesis is that because a substantial proportion of recent inflows entered Treasury bills and other money-market instruments rather than factories and industrial enterprises, the inflows should […]