Opinion

Since the May 29, 2023 inauguration of public officers, some of them have been carrying on as if there is a prize for whoever emerges as the public office holder with the highest number of aides. They have been reeling out…

As the world watches in horror, the latest escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has thrust the Middle East back into the global spotlight. The morning of Oct. 7 witnessed a shocking turn of events as the…

The trending saga in respect of questions over the certificate issued to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Chicago State University (CSU) on his graduation from the school in 1979, seems to have come to another head…

May I, at this point, humbly retract certain claims I made in my article, ‘Tinubu and Atiku: Birds of a Feather’ (THISDAY, June 12, 2022), months before the…

“For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it; nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, then I could hide myself from him. But it is you, a man my equal, my companion and…

The recent escalating insecurity in Nigeria, fueled by the activities of insurgents, bandits and ethnic agitations, has understandably…

A September 21, 2023, enterprise news report (i.e., a news report that’s not from a news release or a press conference) from the Daily Trust found that “Despite the numerous assurances by President Bola Ahmed…

One of the major but least discussed problems with Nigeria is its civil service. The civil service should…

Lagos, Nigeria’s most important mega-city, prides itself as the country’s Center of Excellence, but the poor state of its roads tells a different story. From the sprawling Mainland settlements to the business district…

Femi Adesina, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, last week said the former president regretted some of the decisions he took while in office and felt he could have done some things better.  Even…

“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.”  — John Wayne, US Actor Right now, nobody on earth has a tougher assignment than you. You have my sympathies. Because you lead a team of Deputy Governors, all new to…

Last week, I experienced one of the worst encounters in my 15 years of international travel. I was travelling from Abuja to the Swedish city of Gothenburg to attend the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference…

The Yoruba tribe seems to be witnessing a resurgence with the fraught emergence of their President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Yorubanization of our systems since this emergence, have risen in tempo and in noise to the…

Last week at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Iseyin, Oyo State, Olusegun Obasanjo, former head of state, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the republic ordered “traditional rulers” from Oyo…

The mantra of the world’s justice system is “Innocent until proven guilty” but the Netizens and the so-called social media activists seem not to be in the know. Since the news of the death of former Marlian Records…

My former neighbour, a civil servant, used to tell me how he was preparing carefully for retirement. “I am very cautious with everything I do in the office,” he would say, “because I do not want to be going to the…

In the realm of Nigerian politics, the stage is often set for gripping drama that could rival any Netflix series. Recent events in Edo state have provided a fresh serving of political theatrics, featuring the remarkable…

The authors of the iconic book “Why Nations Fail,” Daren Acemoglu and James Robinson, stated that it is the parasitic political and economic…

Nigeria, particularly its aviation sector has again been enmeshed in an ongoing diplomatic drama over the hitherto communication…

This headline presupposes that the Central Bank has been lost, destroyed or finally finished off by the former management. Even if that…

Let me begin by making a distinction here. Nigeria’s military acknowledges two Obasanjos in its records. One has been retired for nearly 45 years now, while the other was at best a toddler when the older disengaged…

Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, courts controversy like a moth to flies. I once asked him why he was this mischievous. He looked at me and smiled and pulled my hands in a playful gesture as we walked…

Despite having about 13 governors, 36 senators and 118 House of Representatives members in the National Assembly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is playing second fiddle as the main opposition party after the…

The upsurge in military coups in Africa is leading to curious propositions on the suitability of “liberal democracy” on the continent. Questions are being asked as to whether or not we need to tinker with our practice…