Nepotism, cronyism, ethnicism, discrimination, marginalisation and disdain for merit have long become the hallmark of the Bola Tinubu presidency. At every turn, with each opportunity to exhibit statesmanship, Tinubu has fallen short. He has shown […]
Femi AKintunde-Johnson In March 2021, in the afterglow of the hijacked #EndSARS protests, we wrote that the slogan “Police is your friend” had become a national punchline. The violence of 2020 exposed not merely rogue […]
When people talk about the challenges facing Nigeria, politics usually comes first. They talk about bad leadership, corruption, elections and power struggles among politicians. These issues are real and serious. But beneath all of them […]
There is talk that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, is defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. If he does, he will leave only Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde […]
This is the concluding part of the piece which from last week continues the narrative of how Nigeria, just five years after independence, was asked to host the Commonwealth Conference to find a solution to […]
A democracy without a viable opposition is dangerously close to totalitarianism. Without strong dissent, accountability collapses, and power becomes absolute. Sadly, Nigeria’s opposition parties are today in a pitiable state of confusion, fragmentation and self-inflicted […]
YOUTH unemployment is a global ticking time bomb. So, something must be done urgently to defuse it. This crisis, already entrenched in developing economies, may engulf the world if not checked. According to the World […]
NIGERIA’S long and embarrassing dependence on imported petroleum products may finally be nearing its end. Yet the dramatic shift unfolding in the country’s downstream petroleum sector also exposes a new and equally dangerous risk of […]
An unspecified number of persons were feared killed, while many others sustained injuries following bomb explosions around Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State and near a security post at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, […]
Remembering the Lagos-born guitarist whose friendship shaped the early musical journey of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti Early Life in Lagos Jimoh Kombi Braimah, popularly known as J.K. Braimah, was born in 1935 in Lagos. Growing […]
Besides tackling corruption, there is need to overhaul the entire judicial structure The concerns raised by both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over […]
More should be done to improve on transmission infrastructure In a show of solidarity with residents, Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo last week joined hundreds of protesters in Benin City over persistent blackouts and a […]
When six states in Nigeria’s south-west zone came together in January 2020 to create Amotekun, a regional security outfit to confront social ills spreading across the region, they weren’t reinventing the wheel, despite the political […]
For the past week, Al Jazeera’s Head to Head interview with presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala has dominated social media in Nigeria. As a communications professional who preps senior executives for high-stakes interviews like this, it […]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. In its oil market report for March, the agency […]
For three decades, he was away from his roots, engaged as an itinerant teacher at Oberlin, Cornell, Harvard, Cambridge, Berlin and Beijing. Everywhere he went, he left his mark, leaving his colleagues and students wondering […]
The statement by Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser, that we are brothers, that you are peaceful, and that we should negotiate with you, prompted this letter. I struggled with greeting you as “Dear bandits” hence […]
Dialogue With Nigeria By AKIN OSUNTOKUN Nine months to the January 2027 D Day general elections, this electoral cycle is distinguished by the poverty of the opposition platform. It was predictable. The moment they could […]
In a political landscape where party congresses often ignite disputes and factional rivalries, the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress charted a different course on March 3, 2026, re-electing Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi for […]
I agree entirely with President Tinubu’s position that he should not be blamed for the recent wave of defections into the APC. Come to think about it. Did the President compel anyone to join his […]
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