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Let me begin by thanking my readers across the world. I am grateful for the encouragement I received to continue entertaining you with my Observatory. This has been a dynamic, fun-filled tournament, the best-organized AFCON […]

Makoko, a long-established waterfront community on the Lagos Lagoon, is again facing demolition as actions by the Lagos State Government displace residents, destroy homes and livelihoods, and deepen humanitarian distress. This has resulted in deaths […]

(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 12 January, 2026). To the north of Ibadan, on the way to Iseyin, is a village perpetually wearing mournful, forlorn looks. You must have some interest in Yoruba […]

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has reiterated the statutory deadline of 31st January 2026 for all employers of labour in Lagos State to fulfil their statutory obligation to file their annual tax returns […]

The unfolding drama between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has moved beyond routine cabinet disagreement into the realm of political intrigue. What […]

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike revels in controversies, contentious public disputations, vituperative recriminations, and tensile political stress like a pig exults in mud. Peace and harmony bore him to tears. That is why […]

..from only one person? Full list of the 57 properties, including hotels and luxury homes seized by the EFCC through an interim forfeiture order by the federal high court. The assets, valued at N213.2 billion, […]

Suspension sounds like caution. In reality, it is a decision with a price tag: it prolongs uncertainty, rewards misinformation, and preserves a tax architecture that punishes honest businesses while letting leakages thrive. Nigeria’s Tax Act […]

THE BRICK HOUSE ON LEASE: Rivers State has transitioned from the Chief Melford Okilo era of ethnic harmony to a volatile Godfather-Protégé model. The 2025 State of Emergency culminated in a purported 4-point “Villa Pact”, […]

The actions of the West lately — especially the United States — disgust me. They make me resent what these countries pretend to represent, because I am witnessing a reversal of everything the independence movements […]

America went into Venezuela last night and captured the president and wife. Now, let me break this down properly because a lot of people are missing the deeper signal behind these events. Trump is sendless. […]

First of all, a warning: If you have a soft heart, Pls don’t watch this video. This video will bring you to tears. Some women and young people went to protest at Kwara state Govt […]

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for […]

This is not a warning whispered in fear. It is a verdict spoken in arithmetic. Tinubu’s defenders keep chanting “incumbency.” Tinubu’s own political instincts, honed in the dark arts of coalition building, are chanting something […]

The attention of well-meaning sons and daughters of Ijebuland has been drawn to the recent conduct of Mr. Wasiu Ayinde Marshal Anifowoshe, whose actions, utterances, and deliberate attempts at distorting established royal lineage structures pose […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that the West African’s overstretched military has struggled with […]

Lagosians are advised to remain calm, but not complacent. A new category has quietly been added to the city’s endangered-species register. It is not wildlife. It is open space. Closely followed by greenery, and most […]