By any measure, the latest expansion of U.S. travel restrictions marks a significant turning point in America’s engagement with Africa, and Nigeria sits uncomfortably at its...
Aliko Dangote likes to tell us that he’s been fighting battles all his life and that his wealth is a product of the victories he’s recorded...
I wasn’t a fan of Traore or any of the other two Sahelian heads of state until France came into the picture. France has always been...
You should have seen my face when news broke last Sunday that some soldiers had announced the overthrow of President Patrice Talon of the Republic of...
This one is really making me laugh. The Minister who wants to be a Governor is reported to have petitioned the DSS, claiming that the Prophet...
Let us begin with a number that speaks not of extraction, but of construction: ₦757.4 billion. That is what MTN Nigeria deployed in capital expenditure in...
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...
The appointment of General Christopher Musa, Nigeria’s immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), as the country’s new minister of defence, has enjoyed a rave heralding...
At the dawn of the new democratic order in 1999, Channels TV did a vox pop asking Nigerians their expectations from the incoming Olusegun Obasanjo administration....
By Olabode Opeseitan When Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed the presidency in May 2023, Nigeria was not merely in distress, it was in free fall. Over 97...