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Lessons From Osun 2026 and the road to 2027: Parties, personalities and the coming contest (2), by Usman Sarki

Lessons From Osun 2026 and the road to 2027: Parties, personalities and the coming contest (2), by Usman Sarki

The first part of this article concluded with the observation that while all politics may indeed be local, the economic hardship confronting Nigerians today is anything but local. But before examining how these conditions may shape the 2027 elections, the Osun experience invites us to confront an even more fundamental question: what exactly do our political parties […]
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Chukwueke’s July 29 pain, by Emeka Obasi

Chukwueke’s July 29 pain, by Emeka Obasi

The easiest way to ease the pain of 1966 is to continue to let everyone know what happened from January to August of that year. There was no reason to go to war if those soldiers and their collaborators remained in their barracks and looked away from politics. Chukwuemeka  Chukwueke was eight weeks old when  […]

Let Jamb and Prof Oloyede be, by Francis Ewherido

Let Jamb and Prof Oloyede be, by Francis Ewherido

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is a man I have enormous respect for. I have not met him personally, but I admire him from afar. That is one of the hallmarks of impactful people. You don’t have to know or have physical encounter with them to feel […]

Fubara’s Spirit: Fearful, fumbling and forgetful, by Ugoji Egbujo

Fubara’s Spirit: Fearful, fumbling and forgetful, by Ugoji Egbujo

This time last year, Governor Fubara said Rivers State had been liberated. People trooped to churches to thank God for setting them free. According to Fubara, the state, its people and resources, had been in the clutches of a rapacious and gluttonous politician. That fellow decided who was what. Every month that fellow dipped his […]

God save Blacks from France as it invests in violence, by Owei Lakemfa

God save Blacks from France as it invests in violence, by Owei Lakemfa

The French establishment is, again, sowing the seeds of violence in Africa. As it is traditional with France, it will water such seeds, nurture them until they are ripe for harvest. In its latest genetically-modified violence-seed planting, France in May, 2025 set aside 150 million Euro through its French Development Agency to plant violence in Western […]

The canonisation of Traore, by Donu Kogbara

The canonisation of Traore, by Donu Kogbara

When Captain Ibrahim Traore seized control of Burkina Faso in September 2022 after ousting interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, I cheered because I liked the cut of his jib. Millions of black folks the world over felt the same way about this bold, fearless, charismatic young Pan Africanist who wasn’t ready to put up with neo-imperialism or […]

Driving the ‘Nigeria First’ policy for our benefit, by Adekunle Adekoya

Driving the ‘Nigeria First’ policy for our benefit, by Adekunle Adekoya

ONE very laudable policy recently announced by the Tinubu administration is the Nigeria First policy initiative. Though not entirely new, and not original to the Tinubu administration, it is something which, if conscientiously implemented, has the capacity to turn around the Nigerian economy for good within a relatively short period of time. Readers might recall that in […]

One-party state: Nigerian political parties are mere special purpose vehicles, by Olu Fasan

One-party state: Nigerian political parties are mere special purpose vehicles, by Olu Fasan

Ostensibly, Nigeria is a multi-party democracy. But in reality, it is a one-party state. Those ululating over the recent gale of defections wrongly assume that there are material differences between Nigerian political parties. Yet, in truth, the prevalence of defections, decamping, cross-carpeting, or name it, only proves that nothing distinguishes political parties in Nigeria. Lord […]

Effective communication in the workplace: Practical strategies for success, by Ruth Oji

Effective communication in the workplace: Practical strategies for success, by Ruth Oji

The quality of organizational communication directly affects efficiency, employee engagement, and financial results. For companies managing remote and cross-functional teams, effective communication has become a strategic necessity rather than just a helpful skill. In this article, I explore practical approaches to workplace communication, illustrated through hypothetical scenarios and examples designed to demonstrate key principles. Read on. […]

Nigeria’s opposition in disarray, by Rotimi Fasan

Nigeria’s opposition in disarray, by Rotimi Fasan

In less than two weeks the All Progressives Congress-led government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would mark its mid-term in office. Which is the same thing as saying that the emergence of the winner of the 2027 presidential election is still more than a year away. But there is palpable confusion in the camp of Nigeria’s […]