Humanity wins USA Midterm Elections, but the Trump menace remains, by Owei Lakemfa
President Donald Trump of the United States, US, still appears dazed from the severe electoral blows he received from his fellow citizens in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Living under messianic illusions, he cannot believe, and is yet to come to terms with the fact that, the aura of indispensability he created around himself has evaporated. […]
State Police: Security reform or a new weapon in the hands of governors? By Ejiro Ofoye
Nigeria may have found a compelling reason to reconsider its centralised policing system, but it must not allow the desperation for security to push the country into another experiment with power without adequate safeguards. The argument for state police is understandable. Kidnapping, banditry, communal violence and other crimes have exposed serious weaknesses in the country’s […]
We never left Egypt, only prodigals need to return home, by Owei Lakemfa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu told Nigerians on October 19, 2026, that they will not return to Egypt. He seems unaware that Egypt is our ancestral home and that we never left and will never leave. This Niger Area is the land of milk and honey we inherited from our fathers and mothers. We were never […]
Tinubu: Lion at home, lamb abroad? By Suleiman A. Suleiman
We should begin where we must. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has his virtues. For one, he is not given to petty vindictiveness as former President Obasanjo too often was. Tinubu has not been involved in any open political fights with governors or lawmakers as Obasanjo did. Instead, he appears generally forgiving and conciliatory, having brought […]
Kesington Adebutu at 91, by Dele Sobowale
“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions” – Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1993. Chief Adebutu, aka Baba Ijebu, is one Nigerian who never stops with only good intentions. As Uncle Sam said to me several times: “His middle name is CHARITY.” The capital is deliberate. Baba was 91 […]
Uduaghan: The last of our statesmen, by Tonnie Iredia
As Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority NTA, my resolve in year 2006, was to transform the structures of the NTA Television College, Jos. Some state governors among them: Adamu Muazu of Bauchi, James Ibori of Delta, Gbenga Daniel of Ogun and Oyinlola Olagunsoye of Osun state greatly supported me and I remain grateful […]
