By Moruff Adenekan One of the most overlooked challenges confronting governance in Nigeria today is not the absence of policies, programmes, or public officials willing to speak. It is the absence of effective strategic communication. Across federal, state, and local government institutions, communication is too often treated as an afterthought rather than an essential component of […]

By Sunday A. Onyewonsa  When His Worship, Eshanekpe Israel Agimor speaks, the creeks listen. Popularly known as “Akpodoro,” the Head of the Association of Urhobo Mayoral Family Crown, AUMFC, and Mayor of Urhobo Land, carries the weight of two identities: an ex-militant leader who once knew the creeks as a theatre of conflict, and now a […]

By Toyin Akilo ‘’Every revolutionary ends up either a dictator or a corpse” –  ALBERT CAMUS The exploits of Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo AKA ‘Igboho Oosa’  is the stuff legends are manufactured.  In one fell swoop and with an authoritative ultimatum – 2 hours – yes, you heard me right, he did what Napoleon could not do […]

By Ziakegha Peter  In the estimation of serious observers of legislative business worldwide, the benchmark for a great lawmaker is not access to power but the use of power to solve problems. By that standard, Rt. Hon. Dr. Julius Pondi deserves a seat in any conversation about the finest legislators of this generation.  Dr. Pondi, who […]

By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi For decades, technology and healthcare have largely evolved as separate development priorities in Nigeria. Yet, the future of sustainable national development increasingly lies at the intersection of these two critical sectors. That vision came to life in Hadejia, Jigawa State, with the inauguration of two landmark institutions designed to advance digital […]

By TONY USIDAMEN   Every government has two responsibilities. The first is to govern. The second is to help citizens understand what it is doing and why it is doing it. Success in the first does not automatically guarantee success in the second. Examples abound of governments that implemented difficult reforms but failed to carry the public […]

By Godwin Anaughe Senator, your aide, Comrade Wilson Okorugbo, has put together a passionate defense of your record. I appreciate it — it shows that the original piece hit its target perfectly. However, a passionate defense doesn’t equate to a solid rebuttal, and what your camp has provided follows a familiar script: they talk extensively […]

A billion-dollar bet on AI infrastructure will count for little unless it is matched by an equal investment in the people who can build on top of it. By Okeowo Aderemi Nigeria enters the second half of 2026 with construction cranes rising over Lekki and Ikeja, building what will soon become the country’s first dedicated […]

By Joseph Oriowo  The latest campaign of calumny against the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Gbajabiamila, has crossed the line from political criticism into outright fabrication. The recent allegation by one Adeniyi Adeyemi that Gbajabiamila was “involved in the establishment” of a so-called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, and worse, that he “included” […]

The real question is whether we will spend another year repairing damage, or finally begin repairing the systems that make the damage inevitable.