By Tunji Olaopa The past few weeks have been dedicated to the news of the demise of elder intellectual and scholar, the late Professor Biodun Jeyifo, and to the celebration of his towering legacies in scholarship and activism. BJ, as he was fondly called, is one of the few intellectuals whose scholarship comes attached with […]

Nigeria’s greatest institutional risk is not technology failure — it is structural accountability failure_ By Henry Naiho Nigeria is not short of ambition. Across the country’s most strategic sectors, visible progress is undeniable. Banks deploy AI-driven credit models and real-time payment platforms. Telecommunications networks rely increasingly on automation and predictive optimisation. Energy institutions pursue grid […]

By: Enewaridideke Ekanpou Something psychologically destabilising has just swept the earth in Obotebe, Ngbilebiri, Isaba and Gbaramatu Kingdoms in Burutu Local Government Area and Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. So, Chief Dr. Julius Takeme, the Chairman of Burutu Local Government in Delta State, wept, mind swept off the cautionary traditional code that […]

By SHERIFF BULUS Local elections often act as a political weather forecast of future occurrences. They don’t necessarily announce the future; they give a hint. Under INEC’s revised timetable, the 2027 general elections are still about a year away. Yet the recent council polls in the FCT and the by-elections in Rivers and Kano already tell […]

“While studying the factors that affect our ability to stay compassionate, I was struck by the crucial role of language and our use of words”