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 […]
Before we get swallowed up in the razzle-dazzle of a Digital Economy Bill, by Okoh Aihe
There is some level of speed going on at the National Assembly which is encouraging. The Assembly that is more into somnambulism literally, is working with a most unusual speed to pass the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill 2025, introduced in the life of this administration. There is so much excitement about the Bill that […]
Lt. Ahmed Yerima, this is not how to be a hero, by Rotimi Fasan
By dusk this past Sunday, it was all over the media that Lt. Ahmed Yerima, the same Naval officer that denied FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, access to a piece of estate owned by a retired Chief of Naval Staff, Zubairu Gambo, had escaped an assassination attempt. There was something unsettling about the report because of the […]
Road to Nigerianistan? By Ochereome Nnanna
Nigeria is subtly being subjected to a sort of change that many of us could never have imagined in our wildest dreams. If we do not wake up now and smell this coffee, it may become too late. Those pursuing this change are armed to the teeth, sumptuously funded by local and international facilitators in the […]
The ever-lingering Benue-Plateau crisis (5), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative on the various suggestions made by LinkedIn on resolving community conflicts with reference to the lingering crisis in Benue-Plateau. The fourth step to resolving a community conflict is to negotiate and agree on a solution or a plan of action. You need to evaluate and compare the options generated […]
2027: Between Despair and Duty, by Dakuku Peerside
The most dangerous voter in Nigeria today may be the one who has quietly checked out. Since the last off-cycle governorship elections, the same weary refrain echoes across taxis, markets and WhatsApp groups: they will rig it, nothing will change, 2027 is already gone. What used to be anger is hardening into a belief that the […]
Who are you?! By Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“ Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm”.– African proverb The recent face-off and humiliation of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike by a young naval officer reminds us of a damaging flaw in our national character. This flaw which can be summed up in the familiar phrase, ‘who are you’?! anchors our […]
FG exceeds 2025 borrowing target by 55.6%
. expected to hit 80% by year end. By Dele Sobowale VANGUARD, November 10, 2025. “Where is the money?” Weekend Trust, November 8,9, 2025. Drowning in debt and liking it As a subscriber to several newspapers, it has been possible to follow virtually all the issues affecting our lives from several perspectives. Every Monday brings a big […]
The law of the jungle, by Owei Lakemfa
The Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike made two errors of judgement in the incident involving the alleged property of Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, a former Chief of Naval Staff. These have given the leeway for military apologists, defenders of impunity, apostles of the law of the jungle and unfortunately, unsuspecting ‘bloody civilians’ to rule the […]
Forty-five days that changed elections in Africa?
An unlikely coincidence of ballots in a forty-five day period from the middle of September to the end of October 2025 has cast a new light on the state of democratic governance in Africa and now threatens to unscramble the ritual hollowness that has become the fate of elections on the continent under the indifferent watch of the African Union and other regional institutions in Africa.
Eagles, give us this day, by Patrick Omorodion
Give us this day is verse 11 of the Book of Matthew chapter 9 which talks about our Lord’s prayer.Jesus Christ was teaching his disciples how to pray so that ‘Our Father in Heaven’, who knows all things we need would give us our daily bread. That is the prayer on the lips of most […]
The Americans are coming? By Obi Nwakanma
Penultimate week, the US president, Mr. Donald Trump sent Nigerian tongues wagging. He accused Nigeria of engaging in “Christian genocide.” He declared Nigeria “a Country of Particular Concern.” Then he threatened to send US troops, “guns a blazing,” into Nigeria to save Nigerian Christians from genocide. It was almost melodramatic. But it was the culmination of […]
Real causes of Nigeria’s low voter turn-out, by Tonnie Iredia
In many societies across the globe, there is a high degree of consensus that democracy is the best example of a government of the people especially because persons in government are supposedly elected by the people to represent them. But how are we sure that those in government were the ones the people actually elected? The […]
Trump’s Threat: Unity is our Strength, by Dele Sobowale
The Man in the Middle “You will go mostly safely in the middle” -Ovid, Roman Poet, 43BC -17AD. Ovid never lived in a country called Nigeria and at a time like this. Otherwise, he would have known that the man in the middle stands a good chance of getting punched from both sides in the […]
Customers: Why Prostitution thrives in a hypocritical society, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Every thriving sex market from Lagos to London tells the same story: where demand exists, supply will rise to meet it
Nigeria, where every meeting starts with prayer, erupts in war, and ends with Amen, by Stephanie Shaakaa
We summon God at the start with bowed heads and trembling voices, promising peace, order. Then, within minutes, we descend into chaos
