Celebrating foreign education: The hypocrisy of contemporary Nigerian leadership
By CHEKWUBE E. NZOMIWU Late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, in his influential book “The Trouble with Nigeria,” identified failure of leadership as the single core problem of Nigeria. In the 68-page book, first published in 1983 by Fourth Dimension Publishers, Achebe argued that there is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land, air, climate or the […]
C-PACT and AfCTA: Paving President Tinubu’s pathway to industrial and export growth
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 […]
General Musa’s second chance
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 […]
Creativity as Africa’s new currency
Gridlocked in Lagos traffic on the eve of Art X Lagos’s 10th anniversary, I questioned whether the journey was worth it
100 Days of Deliverables: Amazing amazons at best in greater Kosofe, greater Somolu
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 […]
Political ethnic classifications: A heap of fabrications and fallacies
BY DUMBI OSANI In an earlier article titled, “State Creation, Political Frivolities and the Anioma Question”, I debunked Senator Ned Nwoko’s assertion that the people of Delta North Senatorial District are Igbo. I categorically affirmed, based on linguistic and cultural facts, that the Ukwuani are not Igbo. I also questioned why the Senator is particular about Igbo […]
ACF: A leap from socio-cultural advocacy to political activism
By AMINU JAHUN Kaduna, the North’s regional capital, recently hosted ACF’s silver jubilee celebrations. The scary state of the North should have made the anniversary a less celebratory and self adulatory exercise, and more of a prayerful and self criticism exploration.“When a large swath of the North is an ungoverned space, there is need for prayers for […]
Critical tasks before developing countries: A PGM Perspective
By VICTOR DADA Developing countries stand at a historic turning point. Their current socio-economic struggles: deepening poverty, weak institutions, infrastructural collapse, elite capture, political volatility, and dependency traps are not random misfortunes. They are systemic consequences of institutional and governance failures accumulated over decades. Emerging insights from Prosperity Governance & Management, PGM, now provide a scientific pathway […]
Of BPP and national development
The role of public procurement is critical to economic growth and national development. It serves as a nexus between pricing, risk, sustainability, and the broader governance of a nation.
The Cracks, the Calling, and the Conscience: A Honest Look at Today’s Nigerian Church
By Sola Adebawo I’ve been thinking about the atmosphere in the Nigerian Christian community lately, and it feels… tense. Not dramatic, exactly, but like one of those family meetings where everyone is avoiding eye contact because nobody wants to say the obvious. At some point, though, someone has to talk about it. Maybe that’s what this […]
Ambassadorial Nomination: I saw it coming for Mrs. Ajimobi
By Kehinde Olaosebikan When someone has quality, it may be latent but when a person is made of great quality, it is discernible to all. Behind every successful man, they say, there is a woman. Her husband has gone to rest in the bosom of the Lord, but she keeps the flag flying and very far […]
