Yusuf Gagdi: An avuncular legislator
By Dapo Ipoola Avuncular is an adjective that describes someone who is kind, patient, and friendly- resembling benevolent, warm- hearted, kindness, or generosity. An avuncular legislator is a lawmaker who acts like a kind, wise legislator. They use patience and experience to mentor younger politicians, build friendships across the party lines, and calm tense arguments. […]
From gun-blazing to partners: Appraising Tinubu’s diplomatic response
By DADA OLUSEGUN In the volatile theatre of international relations, where a single tweet or a misplaced word can trigger a diplomatic meltdown, the hallmark of authentic leadership is the ability to maintain composure under fire. Recently, Nigeria found itself at the centre of such a storm. Following intense pressure, United States President Donald Trump designated […]
A critical review of Mavic Chijioke Okeugo’s ‘Where Light Learns Our Faces’
By Funke Osae-Brown In Where Light Learns Our Faces, Mavic Chijioke Okeugo offers a portrait that feels more like a meditation on how visibility itself is formed; light, history, and interior life negotiating the emergence of a face. The photograph is a fine art portraiture, reaffirming Okeugo’s growing commitment to photography as a medium of […]
Managing the war on terror
By NICK DAZANG When a war, such as the one on terror, becomes prolonged, it becomes checkered: It begets its ebbs and flows and it assumes different colourations. Once upon a time, the terrorists were treated with kid gloves. That is until they viciously, and in quick succession, attacked a presidential convoy, a correctional centre and members […]
Fuelled by Grace
By PAT UTOMI For 30 years, without break, a major public lecture or talkfest, as I prefer to call it, has marked my birthday. Thirty years ago the main speaker was a Revered Father called Matthew Hassan Kukah, now Catholic Bishop of Sokoto. He likes to say that was his coming out party as a public intellectual. […]
How a child’s death put Nigeria on trial
By EBUKA UKOH Nigeria has opened a probe into the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s infant son, who was three months shy of two years. The Lagos State Government, in whose jurisdiction the death occurred on January 6, 2026, states that it is investigating the incident at Euracare Hospital. The Lagos governor offered condolences, committees were named, […]
