vThe Senate, at a special session on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, convened to resolve the controversy surrounding the mode of transmission of election results in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026, settled for a watered-down version of what the people want. Nigerians want the Act to provide for the real-time transmission of election results from […]

Five decades after the assassination of General Murtala Ramat Muhammed on February 13, 1976, his name still evokes a mixture of reverence, regret and unresolved longing despite his brief tenure as Nigeria’s Military Head of State. The late Gen Muhammed remains a benchmark for administrative forthrightness in a country where governance is often judged by […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has been in the eyes of the storm in recent time over the enforcement of the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic drinks packaged in sachets and small-bottles. To some Nigerians, the decision marks a bold intervention in Nigeria’s long-running battle with […]

As Nigeria edges towards the 2027 general elections, one institution must answer for the uncertainty hanging over the country’s electoral process: the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The confusion surrounding the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and real-time transmission of election results did not arise by accident. It was legislated […]

When Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, met the United States President Donald Trump, the encounter resonated beyond diplomatic courtesies. It became a moment layered with symbolism— about power, perception, faith and Nigeria’s complex identity in a divided world. In today’s global politics, such meetings are no longer just about policy; they are about optics, […]