Guest Columnists

I was going to launch a campaign for President Tinubu to sack the minister of petroleum until I remembered that the petroleum portfolio is firmly under the belt of the selfsame Excellency to whom I was going to direct my appeal.   There had been too much opaqueness, too many befuddling— obviously unpatriotic— decisions taken […]

One exciting wind currently blowing across Lagos and some other parts of the country is the phenomenon called Detty December. Interestingly, a movie just unveiled by Nollywood star, Ini Edo, is also titled ‘A Very Dirty Christmas’. Both thus have the capacity to provoke a question on the pronunciation of ‘detty’ and ‘dirty’. Can you […]

When the argle-bargle busted through the mainstream and social media space a few days ago, my heart jostled in the cognitive practice of self-questioning. I asked myself what really is the real reason is for this unfolding battle between Africa’s richest businessman, Aliko Dangote, and Ahmed Farouk, who was chief executive of the Nigerian Midstream […]

Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, has once again found himself explaining why governance is far more complicated than campaign rhetoric and social media bravado suggest.   Speaking recently, Tijani claimed that bandits operating across parts of the country rely on “a special kind of technology” to make calls and evade […]

Yesterday, December 15, the Supreme Court of Nigeria struck out the suit filed by 11 Governors of states controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on March 18, 2025. The suit: AG Adamawa & 10 Ors vs. AG Federation and the National […]

When Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka stepped out of a high-profile hotel in Lagos last week, he was greeted by an outlandish sight. Lined up like a presidential guard were no fewer than 15 heavily-armed police officers and other security agents, complete with rifles, bulletproof vests, and the unmistakable swagger of state agents protecting an untouchable […]

The African continent, long a theatre of political experimentation and turbulence, has in recent years witnessed a dramatic resurgence of military interventions in governance. Since 2020, at least nine states across West and Central Africa have succumbed to coups d’état or serious attempts: Mali, Chad, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gabon, Madagascar, and Guinea‑Bissau – […]

  In a country already suffocating under the weight of institutional decay, and gasping for credibility and competence, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to confer an “Excellence in Aviation Sector Reforms” award on Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, is not merely misguided; it is an act of breathtaking cynicism that insults the […]

In the early hours of Sunday, December 7, 2025, there was the shocking news of a military intervention in the Republic of Benin, led by one Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri who seized the Beninese National TV, along with his co-putschists and announced that President Patrice Talon had been deposed, all borders leading to and out […]

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 […]