Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release
When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
NPSA, the ideology for Nigeria and political science praxis
The trajectory of democratic governance in Nigeria, from 1999 to date, calls for continuous reflective engagements from all quarters
Spain vs Cape Verde: Zoff was older but Vozinha reminded the world that age still has hands
.Cape Verde’s 40-year-old wall, Spain’s silence, the poetry of destiny delayed By Paul Lucky Okoku Age does not retire a dream; surrender does. In 1982, I watched Dino Zoff lift the FIFA World Cup as a young footballer. In 2026, in Atlanta, I watched another 40-year-old goalkeeper remind the world that destiny does not always […]
The cold mathematics of capital: Why media hyperbole is the greatest threat to the new Olokola vision
By Kunle Odusola-Stevenson There is an old, uncompromising axiom in institutional finance: capital is a coward. It does not move on emotion, it does not capitulate to political applause, and it flees at the very first whisper of instability or regulatory unpredictability. The recent high-profile engagement between the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, […]
Public-Private Partnerships beyond infrastructure: The rise of non-traditional PPPs in humanitarian and education systems
In this context, traditional public funding models alone are no longer sufficient. Increasingly, multilateral institutions emphasise that PPPs can help governments
World Cup 2026: When time bows to greatness — Messi’s hat-trick, his 200th cap, long shadow of immortality
21 years after a young Argentine mesmerised the world in Holland, Messi returned to football’s grandest stage to remind us that some legends do not age, they simply become history in motion. By Paul Lucky Okoku Some players pass through football. A few transform it. The rarest become part of its eternal story. The first […]
