King Jaja’s challenge to Nigeria: Power, defiance and economic self-determination, by Dakuku Peterside
If King Jaja of Opobo were alive today, where would he stand amid Nigeria’s diplomatic pressure, economic uncertainty and deepening social tension—and what would he do? Would he negotiate, confront, build, or turn adversity into leverage? History is most useful when it refuses to remain in the past. More than a century after Jaja’s rise, […]
From Budget Padding to Fake Agencies: The Senate’s Abdication of Oversight, by Emmanuel Aziken
The 10th Senate under Godswill Akpabio, which positioned itself as a partner in progress with the executive, has once again revealed the hollowness of its oversight claims. In the unfolding Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) scandal, a ghost agency that miraculously secured a ¦ 1.3 billion allocation in the 2026 budget, the Senate chose procedural technicalities […]
A Second Look At Our End-Of-Life Approach, by Muyiwa Adetiba
She was led in by two young care givers. She sat on the nearest seat so heavily and with such finality that I knew she wasn’t going to get up again unless she was ready to leave. We were at a small gathering of old acquaintances. I was nonplussed at what I saw. The person I once […]
With 1,316 MDAs, PFIPC was waiting to happen, by Adekunle Adekoya
ONE day, one trouble best describes our experience as a nation of peoples in our country called Nigeria. By the way, One Day One Trouble is a popular Nigerian Nollywood comedy-drama movie on the life a man trying to survive doing various jobs while dealing with a cantankerous wife, until a rich woman enters his life and […]
The United States of MAGAs, dreamers and survivors, by Owei Lakemfa
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, is a 1,278-acre or 517-hectare tract seized from the Sioux Nation of India. Into its mountain face are sculpted the 18-metre or 60-foot-high figures of four former United States (US) Presidents. They feature founding President George Washington, main drafter of the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, […]
Another view on the matter of akara, by Azu Ishiekwene
The feisty debate over First Lady Oluremi Tinubu’s comment on akara, roasted corn, and kulikuli, while discussing the Federal Government’s economic programme, is still stirring up a strong aroma, much like the smell of any of these popular local snacks. The thing won’t just go away, especially after her husband, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, jokingly stirred […]
