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Last Sunday, I explored the subject of an effective response to the burgeoning insecurity in Nigeria.   Soon afterwards, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a state of emergency.  I commend him for waking up, but his response is a weak one, lacking rigour and a unified strategy for the different theatres and species of conflict […]

The “Real” Largest Economy in Africa The largest economy title depends entirely on the metric used: Metric Winner Description Absolute Size (Nominal GDP) South Africa ($426 Billion) South Africa generally holds the top spot for nominal GDP due to its diversified and industrialized economy, large financial sector, and stable institutions. Market Potential (Population) Nigeria (237 […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State deepened on Saturday after six of the seven disqualified governorship aspirants, led by a former National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, rejected the decision of the screening panel, describing it as a politically-motivated hatchet job that threatens the party’s […]

There are missteps a nation can laugh off, and there are others that expose something far more troubling; a growing indifference to the sanctity of our institutions. What happened at the opening ceremony of the 2025 All Nigeria Judges Conference in Abuja belongs firmly in the latter category. And it is the Tinubu administration that […]

“Two Years of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Under President Tinubu Administration: An Informed Commentary” by Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs & International Relations is an exercise in gloss and self-justification at a moment when reality is increasingly stubborn. On its face, the article reads like a paean to the […]

  Nearly thirty months after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu abruptly recalled Nigeria’s ambassadors in September 2023; leaving 109 foreign missions adrift, leaderless, and reputationally stranded, the long-awaited list of replacements has finally arrived. And it is, in every sense, a national embarrassment and international disgrace. At a moment when Nigeria’s global image is battered by […]

‎By Boluwaji Obahopo, LOKOJA Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has revealed that the state employed 1,050 hunters, established a Forward Operation Base, and absorbed vigilante operatives into the civil service, to fight insecurity. Search on Sells.ng Nigeria’s First Ecommerce Shopping Search Engine …For More About This Post: PDP Leadership Tussle: How INEC quietly tilted the […]Read More

None of the three Guineas is thriving, but in Guinea-Bissau, the country that sits on Africa’s map like a tongue of fire, recent events are twisting that nation’s fate into profound misery.  Guinea Conakry is in the grip of a military dictatorship with a messianic complex, while Equatorial Guinea is led by an authoritarian civilian government […]

The theory of political justice is based on two conceptions. The first is the ‘might-is-right’ school, which describes the illegitimate or amoral exercise of power over individuals or communities. The second is the contractarian perspective, based on the notion that a political community should be founded on consensus among its people, and serve their best interests. […]

No one should be surprised at the level of controversy that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambassadorial list of 35 nominees, whose names have been sent to the Senate for confirmation has generated in Nigeria. Former Ambassadors were recalled in September 2023, and now it has taken two years and two months for the government to […]

The United States House Appropriations Committee is holding a critical joint congressional briefing today, Tuesday, December, 2, 2025, to examine the escalating violence, mass abductions, and targeted attacks gripping Nigeria, particularly those impacting Christian communities. The high-level session in Washington spotlights the deepening US concern over a crisis that has seen thousands killed and abducted […]

Despite inflation, layoffs, and other economic woes, Americans can rejoice about one silver lining amid the lulls. Gasoline prices have reached their lowest average peak of under $3 a gallon since the pandemic year of 2021. The news comes as Americans continue to grapple with a rising cost of living. The price reached this new […]