State University in the United States. As a Nigerian scientist working in protein biophysics and biomolecular nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, I study how anthrax toxin proteins change shape, interact with their transport machinery and survive the major structural disruption

Under Tinubu, the entire defence apparatchik has acquired more fire power and international recognition and synergy

By OLAKUNLE ELATUYI Economic reforms may impress on paper, but citizens judge them at the market, in the workplace, and through public services. For the Tinubu administration, the test of subsidy removal, foreign exchange reforms, tax changes, and fiscal adjustments is whether they make life more affordable, create jobs, and improve services amid insecurity and cost-of-living […]

By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA  Nigeria’s debate over local government autonomy has often been reduced to a political contest between federal and state authorities. But beneath the constitutional arguments lies a more important question: what happens when local governments are given the opportunity to govern effectively and use public resources to improve the lives of their people? Across […]

Yet, for those of us who had the privilege of knowing and interacting with Chief James Onanefe Ibori, the two-term governor of Delta State, there is another side to the story

By ANTHONY KILA  Every significant reform begins with a wager. Some leaders wager that technology will solve yesterday’s problems. Others wager that money can accelerate tomorrow’s possibilities. Some gamble on persuasion; others on popularity. The most ambitious wager, however, is the belief that an institution can be fundamentally changed without changing what it is. Gianni […]

By Femi Fani-Kayode In 1988, Mr. P.W. Botha, who was President of apartheid South Africa from 1984 till 1989, said the following: “Black people cannot rule themselves because they don’t have the brain and mental capacity to govern a society. Give them guns, they will kill themselves. Give them power, they will steal all the […]

A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Hamza D. Dantani, Esq., has called on security agencies across the country to emulate the Department of State Services (DSS) by compensating innocent Nigerians who are wrongly arrested, unlawfully detained or harmed during security operations. Dantani made the call while commending the Director-General of the DSS, Mr Adeola […]

What has made the situation even more tense is the fact that the spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mr. Vincent Magwenya, issued a statement on July 15, accusing Nigeria and Ghana of “spreading fake news” and orchestrating an attempt to “misrepresent South Africa” and drag her before international institutions for formal sanctions.

By TANIMU YAKUBU I. The constitutional error Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno has argued that the Executive’s failure to spend the budget as appropriated amounts to a breach of law sufficiently grave to justify impeachment. The concern is understandable. Citizens expect budgets to produce roads, hospitals, schools, security and other public services. Whenever appropriated funds appear […]

For many years, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has struggled with an identity problem. The military, police and Department of State Services dominated conversations around national security.

By Saka Ola Ahmed  It is said that in times of emergency and crisis, especially economy crisis, courageous and focused leaders are needed to steer the ships of the affected countries or states. President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated enough courage with the decisions he has taken to take Nigeria out of its present economy crisis.  Though […]

By Ibrahim Nasiru The recent courtesy visit of the new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Abubakar Abdullahi Mustapha, to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) headquarters in Marina, Lagos, has signaled a profound shift in the governance of Nigeria’s littoral assets.  On the surface, the high-level meeting presents as a traditional inter-agency military […]

By Ayodele Akinola  Nigeria’s food challenge is often discussed mainly in terms of quantity: how many tonnes of grain are harvested, how much food reaches the market and whether farmers can produce enough for a growing population. But food security is more than filling markets or stomachs. It also concerns the nutritional value, quality, affordability and […]

The reason for this permanence in the hearts of the people goes far beyond performance in governance — it is rooted in his character, all-inclusiveness, and unmatched capacity to extend love to rivals.