Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former military ruler and former civilian president, is a bundle of contradictions. One could write a book on Obasanjo’s strengths, and another on his flaws. Of course, Obasanjo is his own hagiographer. He has written many books on himself, with such self-referential titles as My Command, Not My Will and My Watch. […]

How many unread articles, emails, and reports are sitting on your desk or in your inbox right now? If your answer is “too many,” you’re not alone. Today, we’re inundated with information from every corner — news updates, academic readings, technical manuals, reports, briefs, blog posts, research papers, and more. The truth is while we can’t […]

I was in the middle of a meeting on October 9, when my friend and colleague, Emeka Duru, sent me a cryptic message: “What is going on Iyke? I am just reading on Facebook that Dr. Christopher Kolade is dead! Please can you help us confirm that?” I froze. While praying fervently that it should be […]

With suicide rates climbing at an alarming pace in Nigeria, Vanguard’s 3rd Mental Health Summit emerges as a beacon of hope, urgency, and action.

Problem of Revenue Allocation Bequeathed by the Military If the fact must be told, ours is a glorified unitarism masquerading as federalism. A situation where the component units, the states, go cap-in-and to the central government(called Federal Government) for assistance can not, by any stretch of imagination, qualify as a federation. Under military dispensation, the situation […]

“They have not to recapitulate the past, but to build up the future”– Karl Marx In the discussion of the “National Question”, we Nigerians must not be reduced to recapitulating the past but actually to be seized with building up the future of our country. We must be made aware that the “National Question” remains a recurring […]

On a day that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, called a roundtable on broadband with the various industry stakeholders, I couldn’t be there but was connected virtually through the same technology that was enjoying appreciable focus and some kind of understandable admiration because of its near infinite possibilities.  I had to demonstrate that the future of […]

In this concluding part of last week’s discussion, I continue from where I stopped by noting that the moment traders from other markets in Lagos were relocated to the Trade Fair Complex, from then was the vision that animated the establishment of the Complex corrupted. The influx of traders from different markets in Lagos signaled its […]

“None of us is as smart as all of us.”-–  Ken Blanchard Last week, the Council of State, a constitutional body whose advice the Nigerian President is not compelled to accept, endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of Professor J.O. Amupitan from Kogi State as the next Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Senate […]

Beneath the surface is where the real story lives. Headlines, viral clips, social chatter, and quarterly numbers show only the tip; underneath lie the forces that shape public life—motives, systems, identities, and the quiet routines of every day. Looking deeper is not mysticism; it is a practical method that links facts to understanding and understanding to […]

From last week concludes the narrative with the report of the Sub-committee on the Executive and Legislature of the Constitution Drafting Committee of 1975.The report defined how the powers of the Nigerian President could be operated. Their report is as follows: “In the deliberations of the Sub-Committee, what has been uppermost in our minds is how […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio issued a very powerful statement to the world on October 11, 2025, titled “The Trials and Triumphs of a Resilient Nigeria’s 10th Senate.” He vowed   that: “The Senate cannot and will not be held hostage by the disruptive instincts of any of its members.” He declared: “Democracy thrives only when its institutions […]

The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the  admission of new entrants into Nigeria’s legal profession.

‘2027: Jonathan Weighs ADC Option Amid Comeback Reports’ – News Report, October 5, 2025. “All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies” – Dr John Arbuthnot, 1667-1735. Former President Jonathan is the toughest opponent President Tinubu can face in 2027. The other leading contenders have serious problems deciding who will be presidential or […]

The uproar generated by the allegation that Uche Nnaji, Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology forged both his degree and NYSC certificates has simmered considerably following the Minister’s resignation. But why he resigned is not clear. Did he resign because he was weighed down by the enormity of the scandal? Could it be […]