Nigeria’s reform moment: Building strong institutions that deliver results
By OLAKUNLE ELATUYI Economic reforms may impress on paper, but citizens judge them at the market, in the workplace, and through public services. For the Tinubu administration, the test of subsidy removal, foreign exchange reforms, tax changes, and fiscal adjustments is whether they make life more affordable, create jobs, and improve services amid insecurity and cost-of-living […]
Defection: Is Nigeria sliding into Chinese democracy?
By YUSHAU SHUAIB Before U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to invade Nigeria over alleged Christian genocide, the nation was already gripped by defection fever. The mass abduction of students by terrorists—eerily reminiscent of the Chibok girls’ tragedy—has revived painful memories of 2014, when insecurity contributed to the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. That […]
Nigeria is fighting for its survival and the United States must not stand aside
By Olufemi Soneye The United States’ designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern has reignited conversation across diplomatic, security, and human rights circles. The CPC mechanism under the International Religious Freedom Act is vital, but its application must be precise. In Nigeria’s case, the designation misidentifies the problem and risks damaging a crucial […]
On community-focused Policing in Lagos
By SHUKURAT IBRAHIM tThe Lagos State Police Command is steadily redefining what citizen-police relations should look like in a modern, democratic society. A noticeable transformation is unfolding across the state—one anchored on community-driven policing, trust-building, and a renewed commitment to serve with empathy, professionalism, and partnership. This transformation did not emerge by chance. From his […]
Osogbo Has Drawn a Line in the Sand — And 2026 Is On the Other Side
By Rasheed Bolarinwa There are moments in the life of a city when its collective spirit shifts – quietly at first, then unmistakably. That is the Osogbo I encountered recently: a capital humming with clarity, determination, and a renewed understanding of its own political weight. Conversations across the city no longer revolve around what might […]
Tracing the roots of Nigeria’s North-South divide
By Emmanuel Okoroafor Introduction More than a century after the 1914 Amalgamation, Nigeria remains an experiment in search of equilibrium – a federation that calls itself one nation but behaves like a forced partnership. Nowhere is this contradiction more visible than in the enduring tension between the predominantly Muslim North and the largely Christian and traditional […]
Great Ogboru’s penchant for improved governance in Delta State
By Akpobaro Onovosa Ever since the advent of the fourth Republic, Delta state, despite its numerous and abundant resources has been severely mismanaged by cohorts who are bereaved of modern ideologies to advance the state trajectorily. Apart from its mineral resources, Delta state is blessed with very resilient men and women who are making waves in […]
When Governance Becomes Theatre: The tragedy of Nigeria’s diplomatic decline
By Elder Abraham Amah There are moments in a nation’s political life when governance begins to resemble theatre, when official actions raise more questions than answers, and when even the most patient citizen is forced to pause and wonder what direction the country is truly heading. The recent decision by the Nigerian Government to train 50 […]
Adefarati @ 60: Empowering communities and sustaining a legacy of service in Akoko
By Adeniyi Femi Hon Adegboyega Adefarati’s sixtieth birthday was not a moment for extravagance but another expression of his belief that leadership is defined by service rather than spectacle. To mark the milestone, the Akoko South West and Akoko South East lawmaker distributed laptops to fifty youths and offered one hundred thousand naira each to one […]
What with NFF and coach who blames voodoo for defeat?
Sadly, the chaos in our political space has now found another home in our sports. The same old pattern: those feeding fat from the system act like nothing is wrong
Between Kumuyi and a daring Pakistani woman
By BANJI OJEWALE The 1978 book, I dared to call Him Father, by Bilquis Sheikh, sacked the staid and sacral stance of the slumbering world with its contribution to the generational interaction between Muslims and Christians. Bilquis was an aristocratic Pakistani Muslim whose conversion to Christianity plunged her into a whirlwind of rebellion, rejection and ridicule […]
