Investigating and understanding Oborevwori’s triangular tide
By Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tide is a tide anywhere, but a tide assumes connotative colours when it becomes triangular in build and action. Like a cumulonimbus cloud endowed with both positive and negative potentials, there must be something hidden behind a triangular tide. There must be something equally iconographic about a triangular tide too when […]
Jos again: Nigeria, used to counting bodies, risks forgetting the living
By Ebuka Ukoh A nation should never become accustomed to burying its people. Yet in Nigeria, grief now follows a rhythm that feels disturbingly familiar. The Palm Sunday (March 29, 2026) killings in Jos are not just another tragedy; they also serve as a warning. When lives are reduced to numbers and mourning becomes routine, […]
The quiet engine of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, why PETAN matters more than ever
Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is often viewed through its most visible symbols: operators, production figures, major investments
Terrorists as prodigal sons
By Nick Dazang Generals formulate operational/battle plans. They articulate strategy. They enunciate military doctrines. And they issue weighty statements which zing into history and etch themselves in our memories. Dwight David Eisenhower(“Ike”), who commanded the Allied Expeditionary Force successfully led OPERATION TORCH(1942-43), and OPERATION OVERLORD(JAN-August 1944). These operations were crucial to Allied victory in World War […]
Middle-East crisis: How Naira-for-crude policy guarantees supply security in Nigeria
By Temitope Ajayi President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery. Since the launch of the naira-for-crude initiative on October 1, 2024, Nigeria has experienced a strategic breakthrough amid the ongoing economic turmoil resulting […]
The 2027 leadership test Kwara must not fail
By ALIU AKOSHILE Kwara State is approaching a defining political transition as it prepares for the emergence of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s successor in May 2027. This is not merely another electoral cycle; it is a moment that will test the state’s political judgement and its capacity to consolidate recent gains while charting a more ambitious developmental […]
