By NICK DAZANG  Be it participating in peacekeeping missions and operations, in salvaging and rescuing embattled governments or staunchly supporting liberation movements, Nigeria has a rich and luminous history. Shortly after its independence, Nigeria played a pivotal role in keeping the peace, under the auspices of the United Nations, UN, in the Congo. Thereafter, it sent a […]

President Tinubu should ignore the rancid rancor from the Matawalle haters. The minister is working with the security apparatchik in a seamless synergy that promotes unity, effectiveness of non-kinetic measures and preservation of the lives

By SHUAIB AGAKA Listening to the Director General of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, speak at the Centre for Crisis Communication, CCC, event themed “Managing Crisis in a Digital Age” drove home an uncomfortable truth: the internet is no longer just a network. It has become a battlefield-vast, chaotic, and invisible-where the weapons are not bullets but […]

By VICTOR DADA For centuries, governance has been equated with budgets, how much a government can spend, borrow, -allocate, or distribute. Nations are judged by the size of their annual appropriations, not by the quality of their developmental intelligence. Yet history and comparative institutional analysis confirm a persistent truth: no volume of public expenditure has ever permanently […]

By Henry Obetta IN response to rising security threats across the country, the Senate has taken a series of steps aimed at strengthening internal peace and stability. Central to these efforts is a move to classify kidnapping as an act of terrorism and to prescribe the death penalty for kidnappers, their financiers and informants. The […]

By Abiodun Alade BY any global standard, Nigeria’s education crisis is not merely a social problem. It is an economic emergency. When Aliko Dangote announced a N100 billion annual education support initiativeamounting to more than N1 trillion over a decade and projected to reach 1.3 million Nigerian students-the figures were arresting. But the deeper significance […]

Just three years into his tenure, Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s leadership in Ekiti State has been a breath of fresh air. At the helm in Okebareke, Ado-Ekiti, he’s been dishing out purposeful governance with a populist twist that’s got the people nodding in approval. The doubters have been proven wrong, and public confidence is soaring. ROTIMI […]

By Felix Eshalomi DELTA State can be regarded as the cradle of rotation amongst the Senatorial zones in our political culture. The origin began during the commencement of the Fouth Republic in 1999 with Chief James Onanefe Ibori at the helms of affairs. Chief Ibori was from the majority tribe in Delta Central Senatorial district, […]

By Abraham Amah THE events unfolding around the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention litigation present not merely a legal disagreement or procedural misunderstanding, but a deeper constitutional moment-a moment that reasserts the supremacy of law over political convenience, jurisdiction over improvisation, and institutional discipline over partisan expediency. The story of the Ibadan convention is, in […]

Coups and bandits are all the rage these days. Just the other day, December 7 to be exact, there was the hot news that soldiers of neighbouring Benin Republic

By JOAN OVIAWE Across Edo State, the eight years that Mr. Godwin Obaseki held sway as governor were marked by a decisive and far-reaching transformation in public education. Through deliberate reforms, strengthened governance structures, and a relentless commitment to restoring public confidence, the Obaseki administration reshaped teaching, learning and school management across the State, laying the […]

African tech consolidation is creating unprecedented investment opportunities, and Wild Fusion Holdings is at the forefront, aggregating across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya

By TOOCHUKWU OBIOTIKA  Christmas is a season traditionally associated with love, reflection, and goodwill. Yet each year, as the yuletide approaches, the tension and impatience in our society become more obvious. In Nigeria—especially across the South East—December exposes the cracks that have widened from January to November: unmet expectations, financial frustration, dashed dreams, and the widening […]

By EBUKA UKOH Nigeria surprises people who believe leadership involves duty. You watch a government hold an economic summit in a state that struggles with security. Then, you see who gets invited to headline it: The UK’s ex-Prime Minister arrives to applause, photo ops, and VIP escorts.  That spectacle passes for strategic governance. The actual benefits […]

By ERNEST OSOGBUE The recent coup de’tat in Guinea Bissau should begin to get all lovers of good governance in Africa worried about the fate of democracy on the continent. It has now become the vogue in recent years for impatient military officers to turn their guns against democratically elected governments. These officers, who pretend to […]