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Opinion

'Nigeria cannot, will not fail', Ex-Army Chief, Buratai declares

From chaos to coordination: The case for security veterans in Nigeria

Isa Isawade

4 months ago

Nigeria’s security challenge in 2025 is complex and urgent. The country faces a resurgent, adaptive insurgency network with severe humanitarian…
U.S.

Genocide Claim: President Trump, Ribadu’s team and the Saudi Prince

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 months ago

Trump's behaviour is often stranger than fiction. Before the New York mayoral election, he repeatedly attacked Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim…
Uba

General Uba’s death and our debt to the military

Paul Dada

4 months ago

Nigeria has a population of more than 230 million but a military strength of only a little over 200,000 personnel…
Over the years, African leaders and citizens have grown increasingly disillusioned with how U.S. officials speak about them

Why US is losing African grounds in 2025 — And how not to engage a changing continent

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 months ago

Until American leaders stop speaking down to Africa and start engaging it as a global player, the United States will…
Bene Madunagu

The perpetual flame of revolution: Remembering Comrade Bene Madunagu

Isa Isawade

4 months ago

On November 26, 2024, the world lost one of its greatest champions for social justice. One year later, as we…
Diabetes

Diabetes and wellbeing: A national development perspective

Paul Dada

4 months ago

However, recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses suggest that the true burden may be considerably higher, with pooled prevalence estimates ranging…
Kanu

Obi’s defence of Kanu exposes startling Hypocrisy and Dangerous Double Standards

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 months ago

As Nigeria continues to wrestle with insecurity, secessionist agitation and fragile trust in institutions, public leaders who wish to shape…
Obi

Peter Obi’s statement has revealed him as a feckless, divisive and opportunistic leader

Paul Dada

4 months ago

In Nigerian politics, every region has its extremists. A serious national figure has to call out violence whether it comes…
Release Nnamdi Kanu or return him to London, S’East monarch tells President Tinubu

Nnamdi Kanu’s avoidable ordeal: How amateur legal showmen led a high-profile case into a judicial ambush

Paul Dada

4 months ago

However, after Thursday’s spectacle, correcting the wild conjectures, poorly manufactured narratives, and brazen misinformation now circulating like a digital epidemic…
Kanu

Why Justice Omotosho tried, convicted Nnamdi Kanu under a law ‘that no longer exists’

Paul Dada

4 months ago

The new Terrorism Prevention Act 2022 cannot be applied retroactively. You cannot charge, try, or convict someone under a law…
We must eliminate every single terrorist and those that are sponsoring them in Nigeria. I do not believe in dialogue with them or forgiving them

Bow to God and not to Trump

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 months ago

The world and the Nigerian people want to see concrete action and the implementation of extraordinarily ruthless, violent and aggressive…
APC plotting to seize power through the back door in Osun - Adeleke

Osun State: The people’s verdict on Adeleke’s leadership

Femi Fabunmi

5 months ago

But Adeleke's development push is not limited to education. At various public engagements, he has consistently emphasized infrastructure renewal, transparency…
Justice

How they buy the judges and break the country

Paul Dada

5 months ago

Above all, we must restore dignity to the bench. A judge without integrity is more dangerous than an armed robber…
Waziri Adio

Five tasks for a reimagined Nigeria

Isa Isawade

5 months ago

Our country can do much, much better. However, it is not going to happen by itself. We do not need…
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: The artist and the lyrics of his songs

Isa Isawade

5 months ago

He was also reinventing his band through the decades: Fela Ransome Kuti-Kuti & The Koola Lobitos; Fela Ransome Kuti &…
Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu is channeling the Awolowo spirit

Paul Dada

5 months ago

Awolowo, according to Emeka Ojukwu, was the best President we never had. Hopefully, by channelling his spirit, President Bola Tinubu…

Harmful renovation of distressed buildings, my stories

Isa Isawade

5 months ago

Suddenly, he volunteered a sepulchral confession that it might be difficult for anyone to guarantee the structural stability of many…
Tinubu

Tinubu’s loyalists or political opportunists? A call to rediscover the true BAT ideology

Isa Isawade

5 months ago

Tinubu’s greatness is not in how many followers he has, but in how many leaders he has created. If you…
U.S.

What does America want from Nigeria?

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 months ago

That is in tandem with Nigeria’s foreign policy direction under the Tinubu Administration, which Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, has…
President Donald Trump callS Somalia “barely a country” and Somali immigrants as “garbage,” saying he did not want them in the U.S

The fool’s paradise of waiting for Trump the Messiah

Paul Dada

5 months ago

I have written a series of short posts on this matter on my Facebook page, and the reactions have ranged…
Coups

Preventing Coups in Nigeria through Confederation

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 months ago

In a confederation system, the likelihood of a successful coup would be significantly reduced. With at least four autonomous states,…
Abiodun commends Tinubu, endorses President’s second term

Ogun: Abiodun’s Built-for-the-Cameras Roads

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 months ago

The government insists it is working. Officials brandish lists of completed and ongoing projects from Sagamu Interchange to Ilaro–Owode–Imeko as…
Kolade

Kolade by Kolade: A Tribute

Isa Isawade

5 months ago

About a year ago, I sat down with him in his living room to talk about company succession. The conversation…
Court adjourns trial of Moses Oddiri for allegedly accusing EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, of stealing N4 billion through his Facebook page

Re EFCC:  Beyond  Asset Recovery

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 months ago

Describing the efforts of a Commission that energetically recovered N566 billion and $411 million and 1,502 non-monetary assets and other…

The Price of Growth: What African founders must know about private equity

Femi Fabunmi

5 months ago

Private equity can amplify what you’ve already built, but it can never replace your conviction, your vision, or your purpose.
Demolitions

Much Ado about demolitions in Nigeria and the way forward

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 months ago

The attempt by some political leaders to ethnicise and incite the public against the Lagos State Government’s enforcement of the…
Nigeria

Geographical Indications: The Untapped Goldmine in Nigeria’s Intellectual Property Landscape

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 months ago

If African artefacts, textiles, or symbols are curated and commercialised abroad without corresponding legal or economic returns to their countries…
Nigeria

Nigeria turns towards prosperity

Paul Dada

5 months ago

On 26 June 2025, the President signed the new Nigeria Tax Act and companion legislation, to take effect on 1…
Nigeria

Nigeria and the crisis of self-PR: When a nation markets against itself

Isa Isawade

5 months ago

A nation’s reputation is not built by its leaders alone, but by the words and attitudes of its people.
U.S.

Caught in the middle: Visiting U.S. amidst government shutdown

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 months ago

The present U.S. Federal Government shutdown that began on Oct. 1 as a result of a partisan impasse in Congress…
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