Healing Kaduna: How Governor Uba Sani is rebuilding health system
The transformation extends beyond infrastructure; it represents a deliberate effort to build a resilient health system capable of meeting today's needs while preparing for tomorrow's challenges.
Armed Forces Day: Nigeria’s worth dying for, but what really are we celebrating?
By EBUKA UKOH Every January 15 since I can remember, Nigeria pauses. We lower flags. We lay wreaths. We release white pigeons into the sky. We stand still while the bugle sounds. We speak solemn words about sacrifice, valour, and duty. We call it Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day. And we should. But remembrance is […]
Elumelu as an architect of African transformation
By DAN AIBANGBE Tony Elumelu’s influence on the African business landscape is now undeniable, carrying a prestige comparable to global icons like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, or Nike in the fashion world. His track record is so formidable that it would likely impress even a figure of legend like King Midas. Ultimately, Elumelu’s ascent proves that in […]
Interrogating an Obi–Kwankwaso ticket for 2027
By KALU OKORONKWO When nations grow weary and old formulas collapse, history is often rewritten by credible alliances. When recycled promises become unconvincing, societies search for leadership capable of resetting the political imagination. Nigeria has reached such a breaking point, economically and politically and the emerging Peter Obi–Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso joint ticket speaks directly to this […]
When Young Crowns Carry Old Wisdom: What Nigeria’s monarchies gain from new generation
When an ancient throne is occupied by a leader who combines cultural depth with modern competence, the institution can evolve
Like Venezuela, like Nigeria
By SUNNY IKHIOYA A lot has been said and written about President Donald Trump sending US troops to Venezuela, kidnapping the president of the country, and bringing him to America. The motives have also been debated in several quarters. My intention in this piece is to understand how a sovereign nation can be so weakened to […]
AFCON 2025 Observatory: Jersey You Can’t Buy – Why African football is leaving billions on the table
Everywhere I turned, airports, fan zones, street markets, there was only one shirt on offer: Morocco
Balancing Passion, Purpose, and Progress: Lessons from building skincare brand
Ebun Derma was born from recognizing the gaps in skincare for melanated skin and the desire to create solutions that truly deliver results
Manduro: How nations lose territories in peacetime – Lessons for Nigeria
By EBUKA UKOH Manduro is not a city. It is a warning. It is the visible outcome of a long, quiet process in which institutions weakened, public trust thinned, and leadership drifted from presence to performance. Territories do not fall suddenly. They rot first. Manduro did not disappear all of a sudden; it faded through years of […]
Re: ‘Bola’s Tax’: When ‘Simple Logic’ becomes simple misdirection
By TANIMU YAKUBU THE Emmanuel Orjih’s essay being circulated is rhetorically powerful, but its “simplicity” is achieved by subtracting the very provisions that determine the outcome. That is not clarity; it is selective accounting. Let’s dismantle the argument on its own terms—calmly, sequentially, and with arithmetic that actually follows the law. 1) The core confusion: pension […]
Beyond copycat development
By VICTOR-BANDELE DADA For much of the post-colonial era, developing nations were encouraged to pursue progress by imitating the historical development trajectories of industrialised economies. This article argues that such copycat development has reached its historical and structural limits. The argument is advanced through three inter-related perspectives: the internal crisis of governance in the developed world […]
