Opinion

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has once again demonstrated its knack for innovation and customer-centric solutions, solidifying its place as a leader in…

In the grand game of Nigerian politics, where deception is an art, alliances are fleeting, and loyalty is measured in personal gain, few have played it…

It is a universal fact that women cry easily. Many husbands do not know what to do with a crying adult. What many husbands can hardly tolerate is when the…

As soon as I laid my hands on Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service’, there were only two…

I just came out of a long discussion with an influential member of the Wigwe family, and I must say that this is becoming quite embarrassing,…

As Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu had a reputation for squeezing water from a stone by extracting taxes from even the most unlikely people. Stories still abound in Lagos of how menacing tax collectors forced…

Some members of Northern Nigeria’s political establishment are fond of stamping their feet and threatening to withdraw (voting) support to Southern Nigerian presidents who do not kowtow to their (sometimes unfair)…

A disturbing disquiet now surrounds the Lagos State House of Assembly that was yesterday cordoned off by operatives of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) with unclear orders. Dressed in black jackets and…

The unending darkness permeating Nigeria today, unarguably, was the mistake of 2013…

Barely mid way into his four-year tenure, President Tinubu has scored a contradictory political victory. He has succeeded in getting the…

When he commented on President Bola Tinubu‘s administration during his presentation at an event in Lagos to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the death of radical lawyer and foremost human rights activist, Chief…

Although it is invisible, 17th Century English philosopher, physician and medical researcher John Locke…

IN Lagos ruling circle, the political future, fortune and misfortune of two prominent members are being discussed: one, as much as could be said in the open, the…

Portable is the stage name of Street-Hop rapper, Habeb Okikiola Badmus.   He is crass   in appearance and, ill-mannered    with apparent gaps in thought. Exhibiting outlandish behaviour, he divides his hair into parts…

On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump an­nounced a plan to slap steep tariffs on imports from key American trading partners – 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% on imports from China. His…

The January 13, 2025 removal of the Lagos State House of Assembly speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, came out of the blue. He was on holidays when the putsch…

Anyone is free to be a hack for hire, but you would expect that, at least for the sake of retaining a little credibility for…

The House of Reps has received proposals to create 31 new states across the country. Amazing. If every proposal sails through…

It has been a head-spinning week for American foreign policy. Tariffs against Canada and Mexico were dramatically announced, then suddenly postponed. USAID was…

Few weeks ago, upon the removal of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, I had cause to interrogate the implications by way of…

Within eleven months, a dozen structures including institutions were named after Nigeria’s serving president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The most recent of the naming obsession took place on January 23, 2025 when…

As the hearing date of the trial of convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, draws near, it is imperative to interrogate the propriety of plea bargain in the Nigerian criminal…

Democracy thrives on transparency, accountability, and the rule of law. The legislature, as the guardian of democratic governance, plays a…

I should think that it is high time for all the shenanigans surrounding the removal of the erstwhile Speaker and selection of a new Speaker for the Lagos State House of Assembly to have been brought to an end, so as…