By Martin White- Ufuah Pipeline vandalism remains one of the most persistent threats to energy security, environmental sustainability, and economic stability in oil- and gas-producing countries, particularly Nigeria. Conventional responses—largely anchored on militarization, surveillance technology, and punitive legislation—have yielded limited success despite decades of application. The continued incidence of pipeline breaches, crude oil theft, and […]

By YUSHAU SHUAIB When a billionaire suddenly becomes an overnight anticorruption crusader, one should pause. Not because activism is wrong, but because power rarely moves without an agenda. In Nigeria’s oil sector-where money, regulation and influence intersect-nothing happens in isolation. I was drawn into this debate long before the current drama peaked.  In July 2024, […]

By LADI SOYODE Nigeria’s ongoing struggle against terrorism—particularly violence affecting Christian communities in parts of the country—has renewed calls for deeper military cooperation with the United States. While the protection of civilians is a moral and constitutional obligation of the Nigerian state, history cautions that foreign military involvement by global powers often carries strategic costs […]

By Muftah Bolaji Are & Tajudeen Olanrewaju The Eyo Festival stands as one of the most enduring affirmations of Lagos indigeneship and cultural continuity. For over three centuries, since its advent from Iperu, the Eyo institution has remained firmly rooted among the indigenous people of Eko, preserved without dilution and transmitted across generations. Conceived as […]

By Yan Yuqing The year 2025, which is drawing to a close, has been a pivotal year in the development of China-Nigeria relations. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Bola Tinubu, the China-Nigeria comprehensive strategic partnership has continued to deepen. Practical cooperation across various fields has been like building a solid […]

I’ve walked this path, stumbled, learned, and risen—and I promise you, the rewards of persistence are worth every trial

By SEGUN SHOWUNMI Government reform is often reduced to ritual. Announcements are made, committees convened, and timelines quietly abandoned. What distinguishes genuine reform is not intention but impact the moment citizens encounter a system that works where one once failed. At Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior, that moment has arrived. By the end of 2024, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji […]

By VICTOR DADA  For more than two centuries, human societies have been organised around competing ideologies: capitalism, socialism, communism, liberal democracy, and their hybrids. Each emerged as a historical response to injustice, scarcity, or power imbalance. Yet despite unprecedented technological capacity and accumulated global wealth, humanity confronts worsening unemployment, inequality, ecological degradation, governance breakdown, and social fragmentation. […]

By EBUKA UKOH  In Nigeria, December arrives like a festival competing with itself. The streets get louder, the music gets brighter, and the pressure to feel joyful rises faster than airline ticket prices. It is a beautiful season, yet many of us enter it carrying a quiet tension. We try to look happy while our hearts whisper […]

By Matilda Ikediobi Nigerian-born architectural researcher at Ball State University, Olumide Oguntolu, has warned that the United States’ most populous city, Indianapolis, won’t solve its housing crisis until it treats design as a justice issue, not a construction problem. Oguntolu, in his new research, says housing insecurity in Indianapolis is being worsened by what he […]

By OLARINRE SALAKO “In federal democracies with weak legislatures and dominant executives, courts cannot rely on implicit guardrails where explicit constitutional safeguards exist.” Constitutions are not merely legal documents; they are moral covenants. They embody a people’s collective judgement about power—how it should be acquired, exercised, restrained, and relinquished. In federations especially, constitutions are acts of trust: […]

By YUSHAU SHUAIB Many movie lovers celebrate actors and actresses whose faces dominate the screen, yet rarely pause to acknowledge the unseen hands that actually give life to a film. Behind every successful production are the masquerades of the industry—the faceless men and women who shape the scripts, mould the characters, secure locations, organise production, manage […]

By WALE OLAYINKA  Nobel Laureate,  Wole Soyinka in one of his works,  The Man Died,  described a comical scene as “ dramaturgical fantasia”!   This phrase  aptly captures the public posturing of  the former Attorney – General and Minister of Justice,  Abubakar Malami,  SAN,  to his investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC.  Malami’s reactions,  disclosures  […]

The year 2025, which is drawing to a close, has been a pivotal year in the development of China-Nigeria relations

One of the most significant developments in the post-subsidy era is the growing standoff between Dangote Petroleum Refinery