Issues/Policy

By the time this treatise is published, a friend of mine who lives in Nigeria will be on the airplane, heading out to an American mega-city he told me will be his home for a […]

Recently, the public was hit by the horrific story of killings attributed to a money-flaunting native doctor in Enugu State. Many were shocked but did not realise that their belief and words could have contributed […]

To the Westerner, land is one of the four factors of production, riding in the same vehicle with labour, capital and entrepreneurship. In the terminology of modern economics, land is a variable. A variable is […]

(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 19 May, 2025). In Yoruba, there is a proverb: “Ojú l’arí, ọ̀rẹ́ ò dé ‘nú” — literally it means ‘we only see the face; friendship does not go […]

The best moment for the combi­nation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Gov­ernor Peter Obi to clinch the pres­idency of Nigeria—as President and Vice President, respectively—could have been in 2023. But it is […]

To begin with, any assess­ment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria’s federal sys­tem is defective and quasi-feder­alist in nature. Put bluntly, it op­erates with the ethos of a tightly centralized “Bonapartist state”. This […]

Every May, the world observes Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to confront the stigma and silence surrounding mental illness. This year’s theme: “In Every Story, There’s Strength” is a reminder that behind every struggle […]

When President Ahmed Bola Tinubu barreled into office two years ago with the ill-advised “subsidy is gone”, nobody knew it was the beginning of a barrage of policy missteps that have turned into a grievance […]

WAITING for an African Pope” by my brother, Azu Ishiekwene, made an interesting reading. Azu’s immense fecundity, as usual, his flawless prose, and free-flowing minting and weaving of words will always be a delight anyday. […]

Nigeria’s persistent electricity crisis re­mains one of the most significant barri­ers to national development, with ripple effects across all sectors of the economy. Despite numerous reforms, poli­cies and investments over decades, the dream of reliable […]

His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV—the first American‑born pontiff in the Cath­olic Church’s 2,000‑year history— was inaugurated on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in St Peter’s Square, the worldwide headquarters of the Church. In his homily, the […]

IN a matter of days, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be two years old in Aso Rock as the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Since his assumption of power, the former […]

THERE are two deeply troubling video clips currently trending on social media on the recent primary elections conducted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State for the forthcoming local government polls in […]

IBRAHIM Traore is the latest sensation on the African continent. For many young—and not so young—people on social media, he has become the figurehead of a new pan-Africanism that is suspicious of Western interest and […]

FOR the average Nigerian, or what some others may refer to as the commoner, economic development or progress is measured by the prices of foodstuffs in the market vis-à-vis their financial resources. Hence, food inflation […]

If people in government truly grasp the enormity of the task at hand, they ought to be having sleepless nights dealing with real issues: worsening insecurity, excruciating living costs and a disenchanted citizenry. Instead, they […]