In The National Interest: UK launch exposes deep frustrations about Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
Last week, on October 7, the London School of Economics, LSE, hosted the UK launch of my book In The National Interest: The Road to Nigeria’s Political, Economic and Social Transformation. Two LSE faculties—the Department of International Relations and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa—collaborated to organise the book launch, which included a public lecture. […]
Equal work, unequal pay, the theft we still tolerate, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Women do the same work as men, often under the same lights, the same pressure, the same sacrifice yet they are paid less
Independence Has Failed Nigeria: Is Recolonisation Still Off-limits? By Ugoji Egbujo
Nigeria has a profound leadership crisis. It isn’t just recycling indolent, corrupt and manipulative leaders, it’s incubating a defective citizenship. The necessary sceptical edge to watchdog democracy has been blunted. The citizenry is aggressively normalising political mediocrity. Failure is excused. Mundanity is celebrated. Stagnation feels peaceful For the poor, hunger and joblessness have acquired inevitability. […]
Police and tinted car permits, by Muyiwa Adetiba
I have as my neighbor, a retired Police top boss whom I rarely see but whose friendship I cherish. I also met a lot of Police Officers over the years by virtue of my work as a journalist. A few of them developed into personal relationships at the time. Besides, I had played squash at […]
Jonathan’s Betrayal And Tinubu’s Untold Prison Experience, by Emmanuel Aziken
President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Mike Oghiadomhe share a political kinship born in adversity. Both began their rise from the shadows as deputy governors with little influence under powerful principals. Oghiadomhe, widely believed to have been chosen at the instance of the late Rear Admiral Mike Akhigbe, served as deputy to Governor Lucky Igbinedion in Edo State. […]
Mama Powder @ 92, by Francis Ewherido
Yesterday, September 5, 2025, was the 92nd birthday of my mother, Mrs. Paulina Powder Ewherido. After her 90th birthday, I decided that I will do no more tributes. I was happy that she was well celebrated on her 90th birthday, which gave her a foretaste of what her burial will look like. There’s no doubt that she […]
