Rehabilitating terrorists or delivering justice? By Ejiro Ofoye
For more than a decade, Nigerians have buried their loved ones, watched entire communities reduced to rubble, witnessed schools destroyed, churches and mosques attacked, soldiers ambushed, and millions displaced by the brutality of terrorism. Thousands of families are still searching for justice, while countless victims continue to live with physical and emotional scars that may never […]
Renew your relationship with Christ, by Funmi Komolafe
Beloved, the Christmas and New Year celebrations are over and many of us are back at work with a resolve to have 2026 better than 2025. May God help us actualize our visions. People make resolutions as to what they would like to do or what they want to do away with. These resolutions are quite […]
Massive deception on Trump’s bungled strike, by Dele Sobowale
“The great masses of the people …will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one” – Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945. It took almost an entire week for me to decide on the topic of this article. It could easily have been titled TRUMP DOESN’T LOVE NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS or TRUMP’S GANG THAT COULD […]
Ademulegun: 60 years of pain by Emeka Obasi
Orphaned when parental care was most needed, the children of Brigadier Samuel Adesujo Ademulegun and his spouse, Latifat Feyisitan Abike ( nee Ekemode – Noble ) are at sea about the burial site of their parents who were murdered sixty years ago, in Kaduna.
Geopolitics and the Petrodollar: Understanding Trump’s action, Stephanie Shaakaa
Power almost never explains itself honestly. It prefers euphemism to confession, procedure to motive, and moral language to material truth. The most durable systems of dominance do not announce their purpose; they embed it so deeply into daily life that it becomes indistinguishable from inevitability. For more than half a century, American global power has rested not […]
Subsidy Removal: Bonanza to governors, burden to Nigerians, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Subsidy removal shifted the financial burden from government to the people, but it also unlocked a flood of revenue for the states.
Super Eagles: When Nigeria battles quiet success, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Modern football does not reward romance alone. It rewards organisation mental strength and the ability to win ugly when necessary
Women Who Buy Men: Unmasking sugar mummies, by Stephanie Shaakaa
A conversation we have deliberately avoided. Not because it does not exist, but because it thrives in silence. Not because it is rare, but because it is discreet
Wike’s Politics of Gbas-Gbos, by Emmanuel Aziken
Wike’s politics of gbas-gbos — the brand of raw confrontation that blurs party lines, intimidates institutions, and thrives on public spectacle — appeared, until recently, immune to political boundaries. For years, Nyesom Wike operated in a space where allegiance to party mattered less than allegiance to power. He fought PDP leaders while funding APC victories. He governed […]
As Lagos goes up, by Muyiwa Adetiba
The recently opened coastal highway also opened up a few more things than the road itself. It opened the eyes of many Nigerians to what is possible. A friend and professional colleague, who in the almost fifty years that we have known each other, has consistently been a sworn enemy of all that is bad in governance […]
Government, Nigerians, and taxation, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week, I discussed here that the governments of Nigeria will have to do more to enable Nigerians pay tax the way the government wants them to pay it. The new tax laws which came into effect January 1, despite the furore over what was passed and what was gazetted is supposed to be a step in […]
