By LINUS OBOGO In a fractured, fragmented and ruptured polity such as ours, where echoes of visionary leadership are a rarity, that of the late Premier of Nigeria’s defunct Eastern Region, Dr. Michael I. Okpara not only resonated penultimate week, but the embers of his legacy glowed and illuminated the entire hall of Shehu Yar’Adua Centre […]

By YUSUPH OLANIYONU Watching Mrs. Toyin Saraki from far and close quarters for about a decade since I started working for her husband, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, one cannot but take note of the many contrasts she represents. In her looks, her association with young people, many of whom she mentors, and her embrace of modern […]

By TONI KAN A wag once said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This aphorism is important in considering the news from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announcing the sack of the board and executive directors of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending, NIRSAL. Those affected include the […]

By Kayode Akinmade NIGERIA returned to civil rule in 1999 after decades of military dictatorship, but democracy didn’t always bring dividends. Ask the long-suffering people of Ewekoro, Ogun State, who for years watched their businesses ruined and many lives lost on the 70-kilometre Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota-Lagos Expressway. Governors came and promises were made, but the people saw no […]

By Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu The video, which has gone viral on social media, of workers at the headquarters of the Department of State Security, DSS, jubilating over the change of guards at the leadership of the organisation, aptly captures the words of the Christian Holy Book at Proverbs 29:2, which reads, “When the righteous are in authority, the […]

By Erhisode Lindsay Barrett Most of my activities on social media to date seem to mark me out as a politician or, at least, a very politically active individual; yet I dare say that such a description would not be entirely accurate. And I will go quite some distance back in time to tell you why. […]

With President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda as his guiding light, Wike has revolutionised the nation’s capital on various fronts, leaving an indelible mark on its security, land administration, staff welfare/career progression and infrastructural landscape.

By Alfredo Miranda THE world today is interdependent yet polarized, facing conflicts and geopolitical tensions that threaten our shared goal of a sustainable future. Eleven years ago, Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Türkiye, and Australia came together to birth   MIKTA,   an   innovative,  cross-regional platform, uniting five middle powers committed to democracy, international law, open economies, […]

By Victor Mark-Onyegbu I have tried to refrain from expressing my thoughts on the trajectory of governance in Abia State, partly owing to the fact that governments usually start to faulter after their honey-moon period – there was a part of me that felt the need to wait and see. The manner the State had been […]

By Femi Falana Introduction A few days ago, a Nigerian lawyer, Mr. Pius Iwoke, who was illegally arrested and incarcerated for three years without trial, regained his freedom due to the intervention of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Yakubu Mikyau SAN. It is hoped that the Nigerian Bar Association will equally intervene and […]