A Forecast Is Not a Verdict: Why The Economist Misreads 2027
By KOLA ALAPINNI The Economist’s “Nigerians Dislike Their President, But May Re-elect Him Anyway” is a confident piece, and a narrow one. It grants the dislike, then treats it as electorally irrelevant. Incumbency, a split opposition, a Muslim Muslim ticket, and a public that expects little will, on this reading, carry President Bola Tinubu to […]
Bridging Nigeria’s housing gap through mortgage financing
By Aderemi Oludayo Adelekan Housing is universally recognized and acknowledged as a fundamental human need, as well as a right. The cornerstone of human dignity, peace, security and well-being, a basis of stability for an individual or family, housing plays a critical role in enhancing, and in protecting cultural identities. It guarantees access to essential […]
Campaign DG as organiser, not a Mascot
By Danjuma Daji Presidential campaigns inevitably produce famous faces. But elections are rarely won by famous faces alone. Behind the podiums, rallies, television appearances, posters and social-media trends lies an enormous machinery requiring discipline, logistics, negotiation, intelligence gathering, conflict resolution and coordination. That is why the office of Director-General of a presidential campaign should be […]
The Nigerian Bar Association, its August guests, and the vacuum we must fill
Reflections on the 66th NBA Conference in Port Harcourt By Douglas Baye-Osagie The 66th Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will be remembered for many things. Not just the swearing in of the first elected female President of the Bar, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, but also the quality of some […]
Nigeria is better than this
Today, the continent is unjustly disrespected and treated with disdain by the global community, a consequence of the rampant disunity, distrust, destruction, and outright disregard for human life among its people.
Police brutality: He-of-the-springy-steps
By CHETA NWANZE Two events I came across yesterday captured the state of Nigeria’s police-public relations with unsettling clarity. In Port Harcourt, angry youths blocked Agip Road to protest the killing of Anthony Obodo, a 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate murdered by a police officer. The youths’ anger is not hard to understand. The […]
