Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release
When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within ninety days, with about four months to the general elections, several things struck me even before I reached the substance of the directive.
Scorecard: When truth trumps false narratives
By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU I am a seasoned forester accustomed to walking steadily on forest paths paved with ‘Okekeye’ wood. The seasoned forester I am for decades, I FOOTED around the headquarters of Burutu Council on November 15, 2025. This is purposely done to be fully grounded and updated on the drummed developmental nothingness of Chief Julius […]
Central Banks risk irrelevance in the $16 trillion tokenization race
By Victory Adugbo Central banks across the world are being urged to rethink their posture toward tokenized markets as the global financial system rapidly shifts toward digital asset infrastructure. For years, tokenization was treated as a distant concept associated with the crypto ecosystem. That perception, analysts say, is now outdated. Across major financial centers, traditional […]
Why the future of Nigerian agriculture lies in integration, not expansion
By Dayo Oyinlola Nigeria stands at a critical juncture in its agricultural development. Despite vast arable land and a youthful workforce, the country remains heavily dependent on imports for essential oils, starches, and proteins. Much of this vulnerability stems from decades of monoculture farming, fragmented value chains, and an overreliance on smallholder systems unable to […]
Championing peace, security in Niger Delta through education
By FIDELIS SORIWEI Dr. Dennis Otuaro, the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, cuts the image of a man who came prepared to make a deliberate and targeted impact in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Although, he had a lot of options open to him to ensure that the fragile peace in the region was strengthened to […]
A critical exposition of the problems associated with Nigeria’s leadership succession
Tafawa Balewa, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Chief Anthony Enahoro, and many more worked hard to get Nigeria’s release from the colonial masters
Ogun West’s risky bargain for 2027
The message was notably vague, specifying neither the office she seeks nor the political party under which she would run
Emergency on security
By NICK DAZANG The bad omens were there. And it did not require the gift of prescience or foretelling the future to appreciate that our heightened insecurity would come to a head and that it would result in the declaration of an emergency. For the one and half decades that insurgency, banditry and terrorism have held […]
How Imo is engineering a $1 trillion economic transformation
After decades of reliance on human capital export and unharnessed natural wealth, the state known as the Eastern Heartland is staging its most consequential act of self-redefinition….
What Igbos should do
By SUNNY IKHIOYA The complexities of Nigeria as a nation are made more complicated by ethnic and religious mindsets. So, there is no way you rationalise a position on relevant national issues without receiving some flaks in return. The subject of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is one of such. In […]
Strategic patience, malice to none: Dele Momodu on the Atiku Abubakar myth
By DANIEL OKEREKE In Jada, the serene home town of Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the atmosphere was festive. The occasion was a birthday lecture organised by the Atiku Abubakar Foundation, a platform of family and friends dedicated to honouring the legacies of the Waziri Adamawa. Scholarship awards were announced for indigent school children in Jada, […]
