2027 polls: Who is afraid of Yayi’s impressive records?
By Bola Olajuwon “Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly,” says Albert Einstein. The above is why I am not surprised about the laughable claims from […]
Look Back to Look Forward: A New Year’s push to greatness
I’ve walked this path, stumbled, learned, and risen—and I promise you, the rewards of persistence are worth every trial
Tunji Ojo and the Rare Discipline of Reform
By SEGUN SHOWUNMI Government reform is often reduced to ritual. Announcements are made, committees convened, and timelines quietly abandoned. What distinguishes genuine reform is not intention but impact the moment citizens encounter a system that works where one once failed. At Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior, that moment has arrived. By the end of 2024, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji […]
Beyond Ideologies
By VICTOR DADA For more than two centuries, human societies have been organised around competing ideologies: capitalism, socialism, communism, liberal democracy, and their hybrids. Each emerged as a historical response to injustice, scarcity, or power imbalance. Yet despite unprecedented technological capacity and accumulated global wealth, humanity confronts worsening unemployment, inequality, ecological degradation, governance breakdown, and social fragmentation. […]
Yuletide reflections: ‘Dirty’ December, quiet hearts, etcetera
By EBUKA UKOH In Nigeria, December arrives like a festival competing with itself. The streets get louder, the music gets brighter, and the pressure to feel joyful rises faster than airline ticket prices. It is a beautiful season, yet many of us enter it carrying a quiet tension. We try to look happy while our hearts whisper […]
Indianapolis won’t fix housing crisis without ‘design justice,’ architect warns
By Matilda Ikediobi Nigerian-born architectural researcher at Ball State University, Olumide Oguntolu, has warned that the United States’ most populous city, Indianapolis, won’t solve its housing crisis until it treats design as a justice issue, not a construction problem. Oguntolu, in his new research, says housing insecurity in Indianapolis is being worsened by what he […]
