Opinions

  In a surreal theatre of modern Nigerian politics, Lagos State, supposedly the nation’s commercial nerve center, was reduced to the scene of a medieval court, where a kneeling governor and genuflecting elders begged a monarch not for justice or dialogue, but for mercy. The “monarch” in question? President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   In what […]

In a democracy teetering on the edge of elite capture and hollow symbolism, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has managed to plumb new depths with its careless, almost farcical handling of this year’s national honors. What should have been a solemn and dignified moment of reflection and recognition was instead turned into a disorganized circus; highlighted […]

This year’s Children’s Day, while nations across the globe lift their young in celebration, Nigeria drowns her children in a sea of neglect, betrayal, and unpardonable cruelty. Under the mocking banner of “Enhancing the Total Wellbeing of Children Through Quality Education and Skill Development,” our leaders dare to posture while millions of Nigerian children lie […]

  Nigeria is being sold by the pound, and the auctioneer sits smugly in Aso Rock. Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, Nigeria has plunged headlong into an abyss of debt. A staggering $7.2 billion in external loans have already been secured; all from the World Bank. Now, with shocking audacity, […]

If you are reading this, you probably know that I am a Bola Tinubu objector.   I object to the Nigerian leader not principally on account of his politics or even his policies, but because we do not know who he really is.  Even what we know about who he says he is, where he […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proclamation of emergency rule in Rivers State on Tuesday surprised me for reasons different from those for which he has been severely criticised.   The mildest criticism is that Tinubu’s failure to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to order was responsible for the crisis. The more […]

The United States’ renewed focus on Nigeria’s deepening security crisis, particularly its threat to impose sanctions over the alleged persecution of Christians, is a sobering moment for the Nigerian government, and for all Nigerians. While the federal government and some security experts have dismissed the notion that religious persecution is at the core of the […]

I write this from a point of pain and gratitude. Pain because of the death of a hard working and honest man— Rotimi Olaleye— who is a great father, as attested to by his children, who he has been taking care of singlehandedly since his wife died about five years ago, and an honest and […]

The darkness was so heavy you could touch it. ’Twas so thick it could stain. Sinister and choking, the darkness screened off the sky and its moonlight. Without thunderclap nor lightning daze, rain poured down on the night of long knives.   Suddenly, a violent wind arose amid the footfalls of fleeing bandits, who slung […]

It appears there is no limit to the odium Nigerians will endure in the hands of “Sinators” because just when these “legislooters” seem to have hit rock bottom in governance and legislative capacity, they somehow manage to find a way into further depths in ignominy. The travesty of justice that played out in the senate […]