Editorial: Tinubu’s Ignominious Sacking of Service Chiefs
When a Commander-in-Chief dismisses his nation’s top military leadership, the country deserves clarity, not cryptic announcements. Yet once again, President…
Editorial: The Proposed Election Calendar Shift to November 2026
In a bold, perhaps audacious, move, Nigeria’s National Assembly has proposed shifting the 2027 presidential and gubernatorial elections from the…
Editorial: Nigeria’s Pernicious Plague of Political Defections
By every measure of democratic principle, the recent defections of elected politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the…
Editorial: Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy in the world!
There are statistics that wound the conscience of a nation. And then there are those that indict it irrevocably. Nigeria,…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Fuel Subsidy Removal Paradox
Nigeria’s oil sector is a study in paradox, and the Tinubu administration appears content to watch the contradiction unfold. More…
Dangote Refinery, Oil Workers’ Unions and Nigeria’s Struggle for Accountability – By Ifeanyi Izeze
It’s increasingly difficult to ignore the troubling contradictions in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, particularly when it comes to the…
Editorial: Foreign Airlines are Fleecing Nigerians
Nigeria has become the most expensive airspace in Africa – an open-air bazaar where foreign airlines fleece passengers with impunity,…
Editorial: Tinubu must tackle the Rot in Nigeria’s Extractive Industry
There comes a moment when a nation must either confront its decay or perish beneath it. For Nigeria, that moment…
Mixed Metaphors: “Happy new month” – By Sonala Olumhense
“Happy New Year!” It always has a joyful ring to it. On New Year’s Day, and perhaps for a short…
Waiting for the next INEC chairman – By Kunle Somorin
Before, during, and after every election cycle in Nigeria, the role of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission…