Avoidable distractions on the political trail, by Rotimi Fasan
When one observes the actions and utterances of Nigeria’s political actors, their habit of moving in circles, and the people’s preference for sensationalism over substance, it becomes clear why we are not making progress politically. We are back again where we were. We are in the campaign season, and the discourses of our engagement are […]
Night clubbers as political errand boys, by Ochereome Nnanna
On February 18, 2026, I wrote an article on this page titled: “City Boy’s South-East invasion”. It was all about the involvement of some Igbo socialites such as “E-Money”, “Obi Cubana”, “Cubana Chief Priest”, “Zenco” and others in Seyi Tinubu’s City Boy Movement which had just been imported into the South-East. Some Igbo activists felt affronted […]
Trump and the myth of strong American institutions, by Usman Sarki
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other“— John Adams Few observations capture the enduring dilemma of democratic governance as succinctly as this warning by John Adams. Long before the modern age of mass democracy, Adams understood that constitutions and institutions, however carefully […]
Canal+ in big decisions to revamp MultiChoice business, by Okoh Aihe
Venerated playwright, Professor Femi Osofisan, once said in one of his books, there is safety in numbers. This is very true of human beings who would always find solace and security with each other but equally more so in subscription business where the subscriber base remains very vital in terms of returns on investment. A good […]
Tinubu’s state visit to the UK, by Rotimi Fasan
Yesterday President Bola Tinubu began a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom. He was received with his wife, Oluremi, by King Charles III at the Windsor Castle. It’s been nearly four decades, precisely 37 years, since the last Nigerian leader made a state visit to our colonial lords. That was Ibrahim Babangida, a military dictator […]
Our special bond with London(4), by Eric Teniola
This is the concluding part of the piece which from last week continues the narrative of how Nigeria, just five years after independence, was asked to host the Commonwealth Conference to find a solution to the Rhodesian leadership crisis which Britain itself could not solve. Twenty-two Commonwealth leaders accepted to attend the conference. The January 1966 […]
