…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 […]

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, the United States–based daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, came visiting Nigeria. An academic, she appeared to be on sabbatical and decided to spend it as an elected leader in the country. Ms. Obasanjo had been out of the political scene for fifteen years. So, she dropped in like a political exile but with […]

For the layman, FIFA means Federation of International Football Associations. It was formed 122 years ago on May 21, 1904 in Rue Saint-Honore in Paris, France. Incidentally, its first president was a French man named Robert Guérin who served for two years, 1904-1906. After him came Daniel Burley Woolfall (England): 1906–1918, Jules Rimet (France): 1921–1954, […]

Thanks be to God for life.    You are a testifier.  That we are alive to witness the first half of the sixth month is indeed a testimony. Beloved, the greatest testimony is that of life and the salvation of our souls. Sleeping and waking up, isn’t by our power.  It is God that gives […]

“I thought of Napoleon, 1769-1821, who said the word “impossible” does not exist or should not exist” – German philosopher. After the nomination of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the presidential candidate of a faction of the moribund Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on May 30, 2026, in Abuja, I am beginning to believe that nothing is […]

At last, members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives have passed the bill for state police in the country. The proposed new policing system which is aimed at addressing rising insecurity across the country saw 289 out of the 290 members in attendance voting in favour of state police while only one member abstained. But because […]

By evening, the winged termites would arrive in dense swarms around every bulb in the compound, and the entire place would change character. Children would drift out

The tournament did not erase inequality or power or conflict, but it suspended them just long enough to suggest an alternative way of seeing the world

The renewed push for state police in Nigeria has come at a time when the country is bleeding from many fronts. From kidnappings to banditry, cult violence, communal clashes, terrorism, separatist agitation and urban crime, the centralised police structure has become overstretched. The House of Representatives, on June 11, 2026, passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to […]

Mr Sam Amuka Pemu, Chairman and Founder of Vanguard Newspapers – he has been Uncle Sam to me for the better part of five decades – celebrates another birthday today. His 91st year on this mother earth. The day I gather, would be just another day – that is if he doesn’t get his way to leave […]