By DARE OJEPE In a country where identity often arrives before ability, it is no small thing when a public policy chooses to listen differently. Nigeria, with its many tongues and temperaments, has long struggled with the burden of translation of names into networks, of accents into access, of origins into opportunity. Too often, the gates of […]

By ADEMOLA OSHODI West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem, and coercive institutions begin to set the boundaries of permissible speech long before constitutions are suspended. In that context, the decision by the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute to confer […]

By Philip Obazee Every so often, conversations with my old boarding-school classmates veer into sober, and frankly painful, debates about corruption. In one recent exchange, a classmate based in Lagos posed a stark provocation: “Imagine if they executed (names withheld). Do you think any politician would dare steal again?” A classmate calling in from London […]

There is no democratic or constitutional argument against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s right to seek the office of the President of Nigeria. In a republic governed by law rather than sentiment,…

Small businesses, and increasingly mid-sized businesses, are getting wiped out. Not slowly. Not quietly. Systematically.

By Yan Yuqing February 17, 2026 marks the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse, also known as the Spring Festival. With a history of more than 4,000 years, the Spring Festival is the most solemn and grand traditional festival of the Chinese people. It is a crystallization of the Chinese culture and serves as […]

By Tony Seweje The recent retirement of Mr. John Ugbe as Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice Nigeria, a Canal+ company, offers a useful example of a leadership style that has become rare on the Nigerian corporate landscape. This reflects less on the effectiveness of the approach than on its divergence from prevailing leadership norms. Over more […]

By Abiodun James Faleke As governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, now President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the foremost advocate and activist for the most fundamental and far-reaching reforms in Nigeria’s federal system. At various times, then governor Tinubu pushed his Attorney -General and Commissioner of Justice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, (SAN) to press […]

By Emmanuel Ibe Following the recent successful screening of ambassadors-designate, comprising 64 career and non-career ambassadors recently by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, the stage is now set for President Bola Tinubu to post them to their various countries of assignments. One indisputable fact is that at this stage of Nigeria’s history is that […]

By Tomisin Adewusi In the long and complex story of Nigeria’s search for principled leadership, the name Matthew Tonlagha stands as a reminder that true patriotism is neither loud nor transactional; it is lived quietly through sacrifice, service, and unwavering devotion to the common good.  At a time when many equate success with personal accumulation, Tonlagha […]