Reflections on Speaker Abbas-led House’s action against insecurity in 2025
By MUSA KRISHI The year 2025 was a remarkable one for the 360 members of the House of Representatives in several ways. It was a year in which the lawmakers spoke in one voice, setting aside political affiliations and clothing themselves in unmatched patriotism. A major issue of concern to the lawmakers, and indeed to every […]
Rulers now to use words, not budgets
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 […]
Senate’s push for death penalty against kidnappers
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 […]
Dangote’s N1trn investment for Nigeria’s next generation
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 […]
Ekiti’s Turnaround: Governor Oyebanji’s 3-Year Scorecard
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 […]
DELTA 2027: Rotation has come to stay!
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, […]
When a court rescues the Constitution from its own error — The Ibadan episode revisited
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 […]
Manufacturers of coups and bandits
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
Public education: EdoBEST 2.0 as evidence of a promise kept
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 […]
How Idaresit and Wild Fusion Holdings are shaping Africa’s digital future
African tech consolidation is creating unprecedented investment opportunities, and Wild Fusion Holdings is at the forefront, aggregating across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya
Our age of jangled nerves breeding complex problems
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 […]
