Issues/Policy

When Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo assumed office as governor of Anambra State in 2022, he arrived in Awka bearing an intimidating resume and a trailer-load of goodwill. Many Nigerians, especially those of us from the […]

On the eve of his decision to nominate Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, that “the […]

The continent of Africa is undoubtedly well endowed. Both in the areas of human and natural resources, Africa is exceptionally well and lavishly blessed with a surfeit of stupendous wealth. Why then is Africa said […]

Even before the official commencement of the election season and before the Polls open, the “opposition”, a hurriedly stitched together contraption in search of a launch pad are screaming blue murder. The script is familiar: […]

Every budget tells the truth eventually. Not the truth governments announce, but the truth they fund. Public spending is often framed as a technical exercise, dense with numbers and insulated from everyday scrutiny. But budgets […]

Four people lost their lives during a stampede following the distribution of Ramadan alms at Kofar-Guga quarters in Katsina State. Charity is a noble intention. However, in a country where many citizens still struggle with […]

For weeks now, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has been embroiled in a leadership crisis that, on the surface, appears to be a routine internal dispute. With a (former) Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu Bala Gombe […]

There was a time – not too long ago – when being “comfortable” in Nigeria did not require a miracle. A steady job, modest planning, and a disciplined lifestyle could secure a decent life: rent […]

Nigerians shouldn’t gloss over some lessons from President Tinubu’s condolence gesture on the Plateau the other day, writes Monday Philips Ekpe Many details of last Palm Sunday’s massacre in Angwa Rukuba inside Jos metropolis are […]

As Africa approached the turn of the Millennium, the leaders of the continent were well on the way to reaching a consensus that “democracy, good governance, respect for human and peoples’ rights and the rule […]

There comes a time in the life of a people when they must confront unsavoury truths about their own existence and ask themselves whether what they call a country actually really exists beyond and is […]

Sir: Nigeria today faces a troubling economic paradox. Prices rise quickly when economic conditions worsen, yet they rarely decline when those conditions improve. This phenomenon—experienced daily by millions of Nigerians has quietly evolved into one […]

Undoubtedly, Nigeria had a beautiful outing on the world stage this week during President Tinubu’s two-day state visit to the UK. He arrived Tuesday evening and left Thursday afternoon, after participating in three major events, […]

This is another time for me to speak to the powers that be, specifically to the elites in northern Nigeria who don’t appear to understand the times in the country and indeed the world today. […]

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 […]

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 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 […]