Osun guber as a primer to 2027 elections
The Osun State governorship election has offered Nigeria a preview of what the 2027 general elections could become—and what they must never become. It was preceded by an ugly cocktail of defections, political brinkmanship, institutional controversy and violence. Governor Ademola Adeleke’s hurried exit from the PDP, after failing to secure a route into the APC […]
Ending the Russia-Ukraine war
On February 24, 2022, Russia commenced the military invasion of its western neighbour, Ukraine. After three years of intense hostilities, both countries are literally bleeding all over. Actual numbers of dead and wounded are difficult to pin down amidst war propaganda. It is believed that both sides have suffered hundreds of thousands of military and […]
Immortalising Prof Humphrey Nwosu
The calls from various quarters for the immortalisation of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, NEC, which mid-wifed the acclaimed freest, fairest and most peaceful election in Nigeria’s history, should appeal to us as something to identify with. Gradually, even if sometimes reluctantly, successive regimes, major players and concerned political interest […]
Actualising Ibom Deep Sea Port
Efforts by successive Akwa Ibom State administrations to actualise the construction of a deep seaport have continued to hit the proverbial brick wall. Akwa Ibom is a littoral state, with a shoreline that sits on some of the deepest portions of the Nigerian continental shelf. In 1999 when the government of former Governor Victor Attah, […]
Exit of Sahel republics from ECOWAS
The recent formal exit of the Alliance of Sahel States or Alliance d’Etats Sahel, AES, from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is a big blow to Africa’s best known regional organisation. Coming on the 50th anniversary of ECOWAS which is built on the protocols of free movement of people and goods without […]
Tinubu’s deadline to end insecurity
President Bola Tinubu’s December 2025 deadline for the armed forces to end insecurity in Nigeria is a fresh approach to the duties of his office as Commander-in-Chief. It is different from the usual “marching orders” that no longer means anything, even to the military and police personnel. In most cases, the armed forces and police […]
