“Only the thing for which you have struggled will last” — African proverb Two groups invited Nigerians to a wide-ranging summit in Abuja last week on a new constitution which may address some of the most basic problems we face as a nation. The Nigeria Political Summit Group and the Patriots joined their intimidating profiles to […]

Walk into almost any public school in Nigeria, and you feel the weight of history pressing down on the desks. Much of the system still operates to the rhythm of colonial-era regulations and syllabuses, which were conceived for a world that no longer exists. The design, the assumptions, the teaching style—all of it points backwards. Students […]

From last week continues the narrative of the events that took place before General Gowon was overthrown, with particular reference to the early years when he ruled without a federal cabinet and had to deal directly with permanent secretaries.  General Gowon also worked with the members of the Federal Public Service Commission in which Alhaji Sule […]

By Dele Sobowale “If you shut up truth and bury it underground, it will but grow and gather to itself such explosive power, that the day it bursts through, it will blow up everything in its way” –  Emile Zola, 1840-1902  Two things are now certain about Nigeria’s so-called refineries. One, President Bola Tinubu will, henceforth, […]

Four leading Nigerians died within three months, each leading to one national debate or the other. Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, noted mathematician and former Governor of Oyo State passed away on April 14, 2025 and the nation mourned him. However, when the iconic Polytechnic, Ibadan was renamed in his honour, it ignited the old debate: must Nigeria […]