Easter, Peter Obi, and Nigeria: A nation at Golgotha
By Vitus Ozoke, PhD Hurray, it’s Easter! Before Easter, it was Good Friday, and as Christians around the world remember the betrayal, humiliation, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Nigeria finds…
Let’s secure our country first before 2027 elections
By Alabi Williams Which should come first, the security and safety of the country, or to just manageably conduct a make-believe 2027 general elections, after which we return to a…
When A Country Plans To Fail
By Alabi Williams Failure to plan is planning to fail. Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States is credited with this saying. It means that when…
FCT Election: Widening Gap Between Eligible Voters, Power
By GEB Last month’s area council election in the Federal Capital Territory is a sad metaphor for how elections should not be held in any country, let alone one widely…
Beyond the Banquet: What the UK-Nigeria State visit must deliver
By Oluwatobi Aigbogun State visits are masterclasses in optics. The carriage procession. The state banquet. The ceremony designed to signal that two nations value each other. This week, President Tinubu…
Drastic police reform under Tunji Disu
By GEB The newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tunji Disu appears to have started on the right path by inaugurating a committee to examine the framework for state…
Legal essence of Executive Order 9 on oil and gas revenues
By Tope Adebayo The decision by President Bola Tinubu to sign Executive Order 9, 2026, pursuant to Section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as…
Fela’s Grammy Award: Canonisation of a ‘dissident’ superstar
By GEB An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video of music legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, trending on social media and depicting the late icon receiving his Grammy Award, is a simple reminder of…
Leah Sharibu: Forgotten In The Wilderness!
By Martins Oloja Incredible as it may sound, the captive of the terrorists, Citizen Leah Sharibu, The Guardian’s 2018 ‘Person of the Year’ the newspaper’s editorial board aptly as “A…
Ondo: Ayedatiwa and the march towards urbanisation
By Olu Ayela When Ondo State was carved out of the Western Region in 1976, the pomp and ceremony that attended the wise decision reached a crescendo. One, the old…