Opinions

There is something reassuring about political rivals gathering beneath one roof to sign a common promise of peace. In a country where elections have too often been accompanied by intimidation, inflammatory rhetoric, and violence, the symbolism matters. It affirms that opponents are adversaries, not enemies, and that the pursuit of power must remain subordinate to […]

Vanguard recently published pathetic pictures of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway; and Punch revealed to us what happens to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway, not even 15 per cent completed, each time there is a heavy downpour in the Lekki peninsula. The road becomes so flooded, it becomes barely usable. Morning shows the day. If Tinubu-Umahi’s legacy road already […]

Nigeria’s 2027 presidential campaign has barely begun and the country’s politicians have already reached for one of the oldest instruments in the electoral cupboard: the promise of cheap fuel. Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has made the restoration of petrol subsidy a prominent part of his campaign pitch, arguing that Nigerians have endured the pain of […]

Edo State has always prided itself on being one of Nigeria’s more politically mature jurisdictions; a state where governance occasionally rises above the level of roadside theatre. Governor Lucky Okpebholo’s appointment of 4,800 special assistants, however, suggests that Edo has now joined the national race to the bottom. It is an act so extravagant, so […]

There is an uncomfortable truth at the heart of every conversation about employee motivation in Nigeria: money matters. In an economy where food, transport, electricity, rent, and school fees consume an ever-larger share of household income, it would be unrealistic—perhaps even insensitive—to argue otherwise. An employee whose salary cannot meet basic obligations will inevitably carry […]

The Osun election is over, and Governor Ademola Adeleke has won another term. That fact invites a revisit of the prophets, defectors and sages who explained why Osun voters must reject him. Hubris, the Greeks knew, often enters wearing wisdom’s costume and leaves carrying its shoes. In politics, certainty is often merely ignorance wearing a […]

In politics, defeats are rarely fatal; what kills is the refusal to learn. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would do well to treat Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election in Osun State not as a provincial inconvenience but as a strategic warning flare. The result is less about Osun than about the […]

When the leadership of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers,(NUPENG) walked into the Presidential Villa last week and told President Bola Tinubu “thank you,” my first instinct was suspicion. Call it a Nigerian journalist’s occupational hazard. In a country where labour unions and government have historically related like cat and mouse, a trade […]

  Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC, got a court order to freeze Osun State government’s bank account, but President Bola Tinubu asked the EFCC to reverse the process. In the same week, United States President Donald Trump called on Washington U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to revisit a decision. Pirro had previously dropped charges against a former […]

Nigeria is a country where facts go to die and speculation thrives like mold in a damp room. It is a place where official silence is treated as a governing philosophy, where investigations are conducted behind curtains, and where the public is expected to accept whatever fragment of truth eventually leaks out—usually decades later, usually […]