Issues/Policy

The bustling heart of Nigeria’s maritime economy is Apapa Lagos, and has long been the epicenter of trade and commerce in West Africa if I am not mistaken. Yet, beneath the vibrant activity and the […]

When the Super Falcons, the Nigerian women’s national football team, won their tenth WAFCON title in Morocco recently, the President splashed them with a $100,000 prize, conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order […]

Countries are raising the bar in their minimum requirements for travels, including visa fees and other processes, apparently to discourage large numbers. Some are tightening their immigration policies for safety and economic reasons. Even developed […]

Falling in love with a Nigerian is not for the faint-hearted. Sissies need not apply. It requires patience, a tolerance for contradictions, and pretty much everything 1 Corinthians 13 recommends. And that’s just the bare […]

The Obidient Movement (TOM) is more than a political campaign; it is a psychosocial eruption, a cry against perceived national leadership betrayal arising from disillusionment, fierce hope, and righteous indignation. At its heart stands Peter […]

Here we go again. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has packed his political bags once more, this time pitching his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The man who has made party-hopping an art form […]

A little over two decades ago, away from its perception as a shrine for the resolution of the most rarefied disputes in the country, the Supreme Court of Nigeria played host to a Nigerian drama. […]

As Nigeria continues to navigate the complex terrain of democratic governance, the clamor for political reforms has grown louder, more insistent, and impossible to ignore. At the heart of these demands is a proposal that […]

So many affronts have been inflicted on my home state, Rivers, this year, the three worst outrages being the suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, the imposition of a completely unnecessary state of emergency on March […]

President Bola Tinubu visited Benue State recently after another round of gruesome attacks. Before he did, he had issued a press statement. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, who is from Benue […]

WITH the country moving to its new capital Abuja, the late General Mamman .J. Vatsa wrote: “Keep your new Capital City; It’s too much of a great pity. I am rushing back to my Lagos; […]

Last week, it was announced that the International Conference Centre, Abuja, was renamed Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike. The curious thing was that […]

Long before man dug a hole in every inch of the earth searching for oil, the crab had been in the business of oil drilling. The crab’s house – I mean its burrow – not […]

A few years ago, Nigeria’s former Military Head of State, Dr Yakubu Gowon, spoke the following surreal words concerning the often-frequent carnage and brutal murders of innocent citizens in Benue State and around Nigeria: “What […]