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 […]

By Okey IBEKE Penultimate week, (17–19 November 2025), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) convened a major continental meeting in Abuja – the Customs Partnership for African Cooperation in Trade (C-PACT) Summit. The event brought customs chiefs, policy experts and private-sector operators in Africa and across the globe together to tackle long-standing cross-border barriers and frictions […]

By NICK DAZANG General Christopher Musa’s spell-binding story must rank as the classical case of “the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone”. Consider: In a notable game of musical chairs, and chairs for the music, General Christopher Musa, as Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, as he then was, was removed with […]

Gridlocked in Lagos traffic on the eve of Art X Lagos’s 10th anniversary, I questioned whether the journey was worth it

By Mojeed-Ekelojumati Rahman The political architect of modern Lagos local governance, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT)—who midwifed the creation of 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in 2003 from the original 20 Local Governments-would no doubt be smiling at the visible fruits of that bold initiative. Alongside his trusted lieutenants and apex leaders -Otunba Bushura […]