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When conscience finds its voice

When conscience finds its voice

By Dakuku Peterside Every nation eventually reaches a point where silence stops being prudence and becomes complicity. There are moments when patience can no longer disguise decay, when restraint begins to look like indifference, and when good people must decide whether comfort matters more than truth. Nations do not decline only because bad actors are ...

Have you ever imagined what life would look like if Sharia law is implemented in Oyo State?

How mere Nigerian workers made the British colonial government panic

African cities are the next frontier of global growth

Mr President, if you cannot protect Nigerians, resign

Not a fodder for politics: Orire abduction & security challenges

Tinubu’s economic reforms: Building a stronger foundation for sustainable growth in Nigeria

Tinubu’s economic reforms: Building a stronger foundation for sustainable growth in Nigeria

By Aderemi Oyebamiji Economic reforms are often difficult, demanding courage, vision, and a willingness to make tough decisions in pursuit of long-term national prosperity. Since assuming office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has embarked on a series of far-reaching economic reforms aimed at addressing structural weaknesses in the Nigerian economy, restoring fiscal discipline, strengthening investor confidence, ...

Bola Tinubu: the man who took the bullet for Nigeria to survive

Bola Tinubu: the man who took the bullet for Nigeria to survive

By Bayo Onanuga With politicking intensifying ahead of the January 2027 election, opposition politicians have escalated their campaign of misinformation and calumny to diminish the impact and achievements of this administration over the last three years. Two years ago, when the administration was struggling to deal with the unintended consequences of its historic reforms, the ...

Tinubu @ 3: Peace building, conflict resolution and national developmentBy Abiodun Oladunjoye

Tinubu @ 3: Peace building, conflict resolution and national developmentBy Abiodun Oladunjoye

“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt. A stable and peaceful environment remains essential for national prosperity. Since assuming office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pursued bold reforms aimed at repositioning Nigeria’s economy and ...

As Nigeria’s Chief Marketer attends Africa CEOs forum

As Nigeria’s Chief Marketer attends Africa CEOs forum

By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department. — David Packard Juene Media Group-founded Africa CEOs Forum has sealed its place as the largest private sector gathering on the continent. It has become the rendezvous where investors engage leaders, tycoons meet mandarins, big ideas find platforms, and visions chance upon ...

…In Rwanda, President Tinubu pitches the Nigerian business case to the rest of Africa

…In Rwanda, President Tinubu pitches the Nigerian business case to the rest of Africa

By Sunday Dare From Equatorial Guinea to Tanzania, from Accra to Addis Ababa, and now, from Nairobi to Kigali, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with sartorial elegance and swashbuckling confidence, is traversing Africa, preaching Nigeria’s reform story to the world. While the echoes of President Tinubu's economic reforms have since reverberated across every nook and cranny ...

From bullets to bridges: Governor Radda’s new security doctrine

From bullets to bridges: Governor Radda’s new security doctrine

By Okey Ajaero Nigeria’s long fight with insecurity is too often seen only as a military problem. Troops are sent, raids happen, camps fall, suspects are taken. These steps are sometimes needed; no responsible government can ignore force when citizens face attack. But experience shows that force alone rarely brings lasting peace. It can quell ...

From performance to representation: Why Dapo Abiodun remains a strong choice for Ogun East

From performance to representation: Why Dapo Abiodun remains a strong choice for Ogun East

By SF Ojo Emmanuel In every generation, certain leaders emerge as builders of systems, institutions, and long-term progress. Governor Dapo Abiodun has, over the years, distinguished himself as one of such leaders through a style of governance centred on development, stability, innovation, and measurable impact. His administration has steadily transformed Ogun State into a stronger economic ...

Diplomacy is not a joyride: The argument against ignorance

Diplomacy is not a joyride: The argument against ignorance

By Uche Nnadozie Erasmus Ikhide’s essay is not the bold indictment it aspires to be; it is, rather, a textbook example of emotional maximalism untethered from the realities of international diplomacy. It confuses outrage for insight, theatrics for substance, and most critically ignorance for moral authority. Let us begin with the central claim: that President ...

Play your politics but stay out of Zacch Adedeji’s way, he is a technocrat

Play your politics but stay out of Zacch Adedeji’s way, he is a technocrat

By Arábìnrin Adérónke I have had the privilege of working closely with Zacch Adedeji and I speak from direct experience when I say he is a refined professional, a disciplined technocrat, and a results driven leader. He is not a career politician, and it is both unfair and misleading to drag his name into the ...

Katsina and the prospect of sub-national renewal

Katsina and the prospect of sub-national renewal

By Dakuku Peterside Can Nigeria’s states become true engines of development, or are they condemned to remain administrative outposts of a distant federal centre? This question has new urgency as citizens grow weary of a federation that promises much but delivers too little in the places where life is actually lived. Communities, farms, schools, hospitals, markets, ...

Fixing Nigeria starts with fixing the states

Fixing Nigeria starts with fixing the states

By Dr Uche Ogah Nigeria’s development challenge is not merely a national dilemma. It is fundamentally a subnational issue that reflects deeper structural distortions within the federation. The federating units, which should function as engines of growth and hubs of innovation, have frequently underperformed due to institutional weaknesses, fiscal dependency, and limited governance capacity. If ...

Nigeria’s real economic test has left Abuja

Nigeria’s real economic test has left Abuja

By Imoh Bright Nigeria’s economic debate remains stubbornly fixated on Abuja, as though the country’s future can still be engineered from the centre. That assumption is no longer just outdated; it is analytically wrong. The most consequential phase of Nigeria’s economic story will not be determined by federal policy alone, but by the decisions taken ...

The Bolt principle: Hamzat’s race to Marina house

The Bolt principle: Hamzat’s race to Marina house

By Khadijah Olowode When we talk about the Olympics, we think of ancient Greece, Mount Olympus, Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic Rings, and athletes. Beyond being the biggest sporting event in the world, many stories are woven into that laurel wreath. They are stories of grit, determination, disappointment, and triumph. Every Olympics announces the arrival ...

Police extortion and ending witch hunts in Ebonyi stateBy Leo Igwe

Police extortion and ending witch hunts in Ebonyi stateBy Leo Igwe

Efforts to end witchcraft accusations and persecution will amount to nothing and yield no significant results if police officers do not change their ways and stop obtaining money from accused persons through force and threat in Ebonyi state. Ebonyi is a hotbed of abuses linked to witchcraft beliefs. Accusations are rampant. Jungle justice and trial ...

Reinventing Nigeria’s educational system with Africa’s largest schools complex in Lagos

Reinventing Nigeria’s educational system with Africa’s largest schools complex in Lagos

By O’tega Ogra There is a quiet shift happening in Nigeria’s education system. You will not find it in speeches neither will you find it in long policy documents. But if you look closely, you will see it in something far more difficult to dismiss. Evidence. Last week in San Francisco, at the Comparative and ...

Reinventing Nigeria’s educational system with Africa’s largest schools complex in Lagos

Reinventing Nigeria’s educational system with Africa’s largest schools complex in Lagos

By O’tega Ogra There is a quiet shift happening in Nigeria’s education system. You will not find it in speeches neither will you find it in long policy documents. But if you look closely, you will see it in something far more difficult to dismiss. Evidence. Last week in San Francisco, at the Comparative and ...

Attempt to delete democracy: The perilous path to 2027

Attempt to delete democracy: The perilous path to 2027

By Dakuku Peterside Democracy does not always die with the crack of gunfire or the drama of tanks rolling into the public square. More often, it is weakened quietly by rulings, memos, selective interpretations, procedural manoeuvres, manipulations, and institutions that begin to forget the moral purpose of their own powers. That is why the current ...

The Gateway visit that lifted the President’s spirits

The Gateway visit that lifted the President’s spirits

By Kayode Akinmade President Bola Tinubu's visit to Ogun State last weekend could not have come at a better time. It showed the phenomenal things going on in the state. The atmosphere within and outside Abeokuta, the state capital, was electric. The president rode around the state commissioning landmark projects, and his excitement and relief ...

Nigeria’s departing future

Nigeria’s departing future

By Funke Egbemode Ace Actor, my multi talented friend, Yemi Sodimu, started a riot with this post some days ago: "E wa o, dis omo meji meji that we are ‘borning’, se kii se wahala lojo iwaju for us in the south bayi?" I will explain it in simple terms. " Every Yoruba family now ...

Monkey works, Baboon shares – ADC, the Chameleon that forgot to look before leaping

Monkey works, Baboon shares – ADC, the Chameleon that forgot to look before leaping

By Emameh Gabriel There is an old African parable. The monkey works all day, climbing trees and bending branches, sweating under the sun to gather fruits. When evening comes, the baboon arrives, climbs down from its resting place, and announces that it will now share the harvest. The monkey asks, 'What did you do?' The ...

Middle-east crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria

Middle-east crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria

By Temitope Ajayi President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery. Since the launch of the naira-for-crude initiative on October 1, 2024, Nigeria has experienced a strategic breakthrough amid the ongoing economic turmoil ...

When ignorance masquerades as economic critique: A rejoinder to Suyi Ayodele

When ignorance masquerades as economic critique: A rejoinder to Suyi Ayodele

By Tanimu Yakubu There is criticism, and there is confusion elevated to performance art. Suyi Ayodele’s “History Tinubu Should Have Learnt” is not an argument, it is a cascade of assertions built on a startling ignorance of how modern economies function. It is one thing to oppose policy. It is quite another to do so ...

Maiduguri and the value of human life

Maiduguri and the value of human life

By Dakuku Peterside On the evening of March 16, 2026, as families in Maiduguri prepared to eat their evening meal, a series of coordinated suicide bombings ripped through the city. The attacks struck the Monday Market axis, the post office corridor, the entrance to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and the Kaleri area, leaving ...

Governance by guesswork: How a simple error shut down Nigeria

Governance by guesswork: How a simple error shut down Nigeria

By Anthony Ubani Nigeria did not pause on Thursday, March 19, 2026 by choice. It paused because those in charge did not do their homework. The Federal Government, under President Bola Tinubu, announced public holidays to mark the end of Ramadan. It was routine, until it collided with reality. Within hours, the Sultan of Sokoto ...

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