By the time Nigerians enter polling units in 2027, the decisive battle for Nigeria’s democracy may already have been fought—and won or lost. Elections are democracy’s ceremony, the culmination of choices shaped before a ballot is cast. The deeper test lies in institutional independence, the conduct of political actors, the protection of dissent, the rule of […]

This week continues the series on insecurity in Nigeria Members of the Committee last met in Ado-Ekiti for the last gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The third body is the inter-religious council. The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) is a voluntary association that was made up of fifty (50) members (25 Christians and 25 Muslims), formed by […]

By Dele Sobowale It is another election year; and suddenly, “free” money is being given at every convenient gathering. Givers, usually politically exposed individuals, call it empowerment; their paid megaphones in the media hail the altruism and, naturally expect widespread gratitude. Those of us, who have experienced this sort of grand deception before, know the truth […]

I did not expect my column ‘When uneducated minds change the education system’ to attract so much reaction. A parent said that in my review of the new education curriculum imposed in September 2025, I did not draw sufficient attention to some facts. The most fundamental, she said, is that government imposed new trade subjects on the […]

Just 18 minutes after it was posted online by a national paper last Friday, I saw a breaking news story saying that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had officially renominated Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 election. The story was a pleasant surprise for me because I had earlier decided I was going […]