Carrying coal to Nescastle, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Regular users tell me that the road from Sagamu interchange to the Lagos end is usually about thirty minutes if the traffic is light and about forty-five minutes if it is heavy, which often happens at weekends. Recently, it took us – my two friends and I – almost four hours to navigate that journeyand […]
PFIPC: N15bn lawsuit can’t substitute for public investigation, by Ejiro Ofoye
The controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) is no longer an ordinary disagreement between two individuals. It has become a serious test of governmental accountability, institutional integrity and Nigeria’s commitment to transparency, freedom of expression and the rule of law. The Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has reportedly […]
Insecurity: The possible way out (3), by Eric Teniola
This week continues the series on insecurity in Nigeria However, this diversity is not and should not be a disservice but one that can be judiciously explored and exploited to promote national harmony, progress and prosperity. Our religious diversity, in particular, is not a curse; rather, it is a blessing if we are determined to […]
Don’t be fooled, states are not richer
By Dele Sobowale Most Nigerians are being fooled right now, as they often are, by the Federal Government; with regard to the monthly allocations to states. Unfortunately, because the hands of many of the State Governors are not clean, they are allowing the FG to blame them unjustly for overall poor performance. Granted, there are a […]
Don’t be fooled, states are not richer, by Dele Sobowale
Everybody is paying more for goods and services than ever before. The FG and States of Nigeria are not exempted from the ravages of inflation.
Victor Eburajolo: Mega employer who fought Nigeria’s deliberate de-industrialization, by Owei Lakemfa
Forty years ago, on July 24, 1986, Victor Ogebyiwa Eburajolo was forty. He was a sought-after expert in the Nigerian industrial complex. A lawyer, business strategist, planning tactician, industrial and labour relations expert. He was then the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Textile Employers. The textile industry had sixty-two companies and over 750,000 workers, not counting those […]
Malami’s billions for WAEC fees, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
The government must resolve the deeply moral question inherent in WAEC and NECO fees even as they are.
Koulamallah: Africa’s lone voice, by Patrick Omorodion
During the week I saw a letter from the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to FIFA Secretary General registering Nigeria’s support for the re-election of Gianni infantino as FIFA president posted by my colleague, Charles Anazodo. I then remembered the actions of Infantino at the ongoing World Cup which has brought disrepute to football and its […]
It’s time to move forward, by Funmi Komolafe
Brethren, let’s thank God for a new day. For us, it should be a time to move forward. Moving forward means moving from the point you are now to a new point. Indeed a new status. It also means, it is time to make up your mind to shift from stagnation to motion. It could […]
Nigeria’s democracy without legislators and judiciary, by Dele Sobowale
“Legislators have the first place in the temple of glory; conquerors come behind them” – Voltaire, 1694-1778, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 126 When one of the world’s leading philosophers made that remark in the eighteenth century, democracy was a new idea. What another sage, half a world away, in America, described as “the government […]
Senate: Thank you, but…, by Tonnie Iredia
In recent times, new narratives are emerging daily in Nigeria’s fight against insecurity. On a daily basis, we now hear of bandits and kidnappers that are captured by our gallant security forces. New developments, more impetus, greater hopes. Also, recently, the Nigerian senate approved a donation of fifty million naira (N50m) to the families of […]
Akara Economics: The national prosperity curriculum, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Somewhere along the way, we have become comfortable asking ordinary citizens to carry burdens that belong to functioning institutions.
The Empty Desk: A national shame we can no longer ignore, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Every civilisation is ultimately remembered not by the monuments it built or the wealth it accumulated, but by the value it placed on its most vulnerable
SEGUN ODEGBAMI: Who wins – Spain or Argentina?
The curtains will be drawn on the 2026 FIFA World Cup tomorrow. The 104 football battles fought amongst 48 countries will come to a most befitting climax. The two teams at the finish line are amongst the 7 that have previously won the World Cup, maintaining a tradition that only a few countries in the […]
2026 World Cup final – Messi vs Yamal: Sorcerer and the apprentice, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The 2026 FIFA World Cup final on July 19th is not merely a match; it is a funeral for the game as we knew it. Every civilization has a moment that historians later recognize as the quiet beginning of a new age. It rarely arrives with the fanfare of revolution. More often, it wears the […]
Umahi: How Mary, not Habila, destroyed a powerful senator, by Emmanuel Aziken
It was not merely the accident at Chappaquiddick that destroyed Senator Ted Kennedy’s lifelong ambition of becoming President of the United States. It was Mary. Mary Jo Kopechne. She was the young woman who died after Kennedy’s car plunged from a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in July 1969. Kennedy escaped from the submerged vehicle, but he […]
