There are elections that produce winners, and there are elections that produce messages. The Osun State governorship election of August 15, 2026, belongs to the second category. When the Independent National Electoral Commission finally declared Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party the winner, with 511,067 votes against the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who polled […]

This week, we continue  the series on why the House of Chiefs should be considered by the National Assembly The rest were Mr. H.J.R. Biriye (Rivers); Mr. J.S. Tarka (United Middle Belt Congress); Dr. E.U. Udoma (United National Independence Party); Sir Muhammadu Sanusi, Emir of Kano; Alhaji Usman Nagogo, Emir of Katsina (Chiefs, Northern Region); Sir Adesoji […]

The ongoing debate about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s educational certificates is not and should not be the defining issue in a Nigerian presidential election. We cannot always reduce serious questions of governance in a presidential election to fitful hysteria about the academic credentials of candidates. For a sitting president, the certificate controversy is not very useful […]

Perhaps there is some truth in the statement that “when an old man dies, you lose a library”. At 82+ and 39 years writing on this page, I have been a media witness to four major banking upheavals – each occurring shortly after recapitalization was imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Almost invariably, each […]

Professor Nnamdi Chinwendu Nwaeze holds three degrees in economics, all with distinction. When, on August 11, 2026, lecturers of the Abia State University, ABSU, where he professes, went on strike, he applied his economics profession by comparing the N400,000 some of the lecturers are paid with the income of the commercial tricyclist who makes an average […]

By Dele Sobowale Perhaps there is some truth in the statement that “when an old man dies, you lose a library”. At 82+ and 39 years writing on this page, I have been a media witness to four major banking upheavals – each occurring shortly after recapitalization was imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. […]

A scathing recent remark by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC, Mr. Peter Obi that Nigerian professors now help illiterates to rig elections in the country must have disconcerted many citizens.  It is certainly a remark which keeps Nigeria quite low in the comity of nations more so as it shows the irony […]

Beloved, we thank God for life as we progress in the month of a new beginning. A new beginning means an end to old challenges, it is the time when we sing a new song, it could also mean the time that people call one by a new name. New signifies a departure from the old. […]

”Nobody is worth being called a friend unless he is prepared to suffer attacks on account of defending you” – Anonymous Annual tributes to former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has become a ritual; shared by several highly respected individuals than most people realize. Despite the determined efforts by the June 12 opportunists, all they […]

Chief Lucky Igbinedion served as the Chairman of Oredo local government area of Edo state from 1987 to 1989. He did well in the eyes of the people. When he contested as governor in 1999 he was overwhelmingly voted with the hope that he would replicate what he did in Oredo for the entire Edo. […]

Lecturer made her uncomfortable; supervisor asking to see her after hours, a hint that her academic future depends on becoming more accommodating

Nigerians are in pains. Two nights ago, the Falcons lost and failed to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in 35 years. It marked the climax of 12 years of being taken through avoidable pain and agony in losses, and frustration of failure to achieve what is easily within their […]

We no longer have a sick democracy. We have a counterfeit one. Osun lays it bare. Every pathology is on open display.  The capture of institutions. Tthe hunting of opposition. The casual slaughter of ordinary people. And the near-total resignation of the public to the farce. We have lost the capacity for shame. In Osun, […]

With campaign activities concluded and the electorate voting today for a governor, the contest has moved beyond the noise of rallies, endorsements and political promises. What remains is the hard arithmetic of voter mobilisation and the capacity of the leading parties to translate their structures into ballots. Fifteen candidates are on the ballot, but the […]

We have known each other for more than four decades. Way back to the days when I and his expatriate wife worked for the same newspaper. He was always friendly, always polished. Then it turned out we had some mutual friends and that helped improve our social interactions. We must have exchanged phone numbers along […]