Goodluck Jonathan: Nigeria’s most cowardly politician! By Olu Fasan
Twice in recent presidential election cycles, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former one-term president, allowed speculations to spread like wildfire that he would seek the presidency again. But twice, without as much as a whimper, the speculations fizzled out into thin air like a puff of wind. Recently, Jonathan issued an angry rebuttal to an allegation that he […]
Social media and the fragile Nigerian State: A growing threat to national stability, by Usman Sarki
“Where there is no vision, the people perish; but where there is no truth, the people turn against each other.” The question of whether social media poses an existential threat to Nigeria may at first seem improbable. Yet in today’s Nigeria, where the political order is strained, where cohesion is brittle, where cynicism is rampant and […]
Assessing the relevance of traditional rulers (6), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative on the constitutional roles of traditional rulers in the first republic. It also highlights their little recognition in the 1979 constitution and the non recognition in the 1999 constitution . While the 1979 Constitution gave a little role to the traditional rulers, the 1963 Constitution gave free role to […]
Final hurdles, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day”— Heather Wilson We are at that point when you get genuinely confused over the length of an election race. So much has been packed into the last two years that you will be forgiven for thinking the elections of 2027 have only one competitor: […]
FG don’t mess with tax law
By Dele Sobowale The report in the PUNCH went on to state that “The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, has warned of the risks the nation becomes exposed to over alleged discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and the versions that were gazetted.” President Tinubu is strongly advised to listen to the […]
President Tinubu’s legal practitioners bill seeks capture and reprisal
Twenty-three days after the transmission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, better known as the Senate, held public hearings on 18 December 2025 to consider the Legal Practitioners Bill. At this pace, the bill will be certain to become law well before the middle of 2026.
On the march again, by Patrick Omorodion
Towards the 1993 general election in Nigeria, one of the candidates in the presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola used the above title as his campaign slogan. Today I use it, not for a political campaign but for the round of 16 football battle the Super Eagles would be going into at the 2025 AFCON in […]
US bombing Sokoto: FG on the horns of dilemma, by Dele Sobowale
“I am beginning to wonder how many fools it takes to make the term ‘My Fellow citizens‘” – Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850 in LOST ILLUSIONS. President Tinubu enjoys my fullest sympathies right now. The Christmas Day bombing carried out by American forces, which was envisioned as a step in the right direction, has unleashed more problems […]
Gains of Akpabio’s new year resolution, by Tonnie Iredia
The beginning of a new year is usually an opportunity for some people to solemnly proclaim a new behaviour for the next 365 days. Although not many are able to keep to the declarations they make on the fateful day, the beginning of another year once again ushers in fresh declarations – a trend which has […]
One woman, many headlines, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Ex-wife of a former governor, ex-wife of Africa’s most symbolically powerful monarch, the Ooni of Ife, ex-wife of an Arab Prince, now wife of Nigeria’s SGF
Detty Christmas or Dirty Christianity?, by Stephanie Shaakaa
In the clip, actress and filmmaker Ini Edo is in tears apologising, pleading, almost begging CAN not to pull down her movie – Dirty Christmas
