G100: Let our politicians be, by Tonnie Iredia
The popular belief in Nigeria today is that it was the emergence of one strong opposition political party that gave victory to the All Progressives Congress APC in the 2015 presidential election. Of course, whereas the coming together of many groups may have played a role in the outcome of the election, there is no […]
Questions for the opposition as Tinubu goes to Yelewata, by Rotimi Fasan
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be arriving Makurdi, the Benue State capital, sometime today on a condolence visit to a people who have suffered under terror groups that have massacred families and sacked communities across the state and the wider territories of the North- Central region. Given how long the attacks have continued and the […]
Impeachments in Nigeria’s political history: Constitutional authority and political realism(2), by Afe Babalola
Impeached Governors Diepreye Alamieyeseigha – Bayelsa State (2005) In one of the most dramatic episodes in Nigeria’s political history, Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State was arrested in London for money laundering in 2005. His mysterious return to Nigeria—allegedly disguised as a woman—intensified public scrutiny and political pressure. The Bayelsa State House of Assembly swiftly initiated […]
The sociology of the “Northern Question” in Nigeria: A fundamental reasoning on some salient issues(6), by Usman Sark
“The experience of past faults, which may sometimes correct the mature age of an individual, is seldom profitable to the successive generations of mankind”— Edward Gibbon It is undeniable that episodic currents of social, economic, and political challenges are bufetting the Northern region of Nigeria today much more than the Southern parts of the country, which […]
The case for MultiChoice, by Okoh Aihe
Major Pay-TV service provider, MultiChoice, is in a situation that needs careful understanding and sorting without emotional recriminations. The fortunes are plummeting and that is not a good testimony for a business that was for a time a valued corporate ambassador for the nation’s business ecosystem. Fortunately, it is not all gloom. As they say, […]
Lessons of Mokwa’s disaster, by Dakuku Peterside
When the clouds gathered above Mokwa at the start of the 2025 rainy season, no one reached for a weather almanac; the townspeople needed only memory. They had seen the river climb its banks before, had watched water swirl down gullies that doubled as rubbish dumps, and had heard radio callers warn—almost cheerfully—that nature’s annual rehearsal […]
