Sodiq Yusuf writes from Osogbo, Osun State Recently, a Nigerian-born chemist, Dr Yakubu Alli, secured a joint research grant with the University of Cambridge to develop new technology for converting carbon dioxide into clean fuel is more than good news.…

Mr President, your decision to suspend the 15 per cent tariff on petrol and diesel is more than a policy pause. It is a historic moment. It signals that, for the first time in 26 years of our democracy, a…

In a move that has drawn both attention and concern in Abuja and Rome, Pope Leo XIV recently named Nigeria among the countries where Christians are being persecuted. This pronouncement comes at a delicate moment in Nigeria–Vatican relations and raises…

Mr President, your decision to suspend the 15 per cent tariff on petrol and diesel is more than a policy pause. It is a historic moment. It signals that, for the first time in 26 years of our democracy, a…

Accident and misfortune have no permanent abodes, though both roam aimfully about, looking to pounce. They are identical twins with different temperaments: one sprints, the other stalks. Sometimes they travel separately, sometimes hand-in-hand, depending on the havoc at hand. Swift…

“We can’t accommodate terrorism. When someone uses the slaughter of innocent people to advance a so-called political cause, at that point the political cause becomes immoral and unjust and they should be eliminated from any serious discussion, any serious debate”…

Recently, the United States announced sanctions against Nigeria for the alleged genocide of only a section of religious groups in the general state of insecurity. Nigeria’s Information Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, in a speech delivered at an event and broadcast…

It has been another tough week for Nigerians confronted with political gangsterism from the highest levels of the State that is tearing Nigeria at the seams. There is apparently a belief in Nigeria’s ruling circles that they can do anything…

One of my children, who lives in Europe and has been an avid follower of political developments in Nigeria, recently sent me this anonymous opinion swirling around and catching attention on social media. “Trump threatens to invade Nigeria to ‘wipe…

Every election cycle, Nigerians look up to the National Assembly, State Houses of Assembly and the President to amend the Constitution, Electoral Act and other election-related laws, to improve the quality of our elections. Declining electoral integrity has remained a…

With the death of Dr Victor Omololu Sowemimo Olunloyo (14 April 1935–6 April 2025) and that of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona (10 May 1934–13 July 2025), GCON, Ọgbagba Agbotewole II, the final chapter of emergency rule…

The world is shifting. Old power structures are being tested, new alliances are forming, and the voices demanding justice and equity are growing louder, particularly from the Global South. In this rapidly changing global order, Africa’s inclusion in the G20…

If we can reclaim AI and social media as instruments of agency, rather than engines of manipulation, they may yet strengthen Nigerian democracy — by expanding participation, deepening accountability, and enabling new forms of solidarity. If we fail, these same…

When I saw the programme for the 2025 Nigerian Guild of Editors annual conference listing Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as the keynote speaker, I wasn’t sure it was a good idea. Uzodimma has been in the press mainly for…

October 25 may appear to be an ordinary day on the calendar, but for the entire Chinese nation, including our Taiwan compatriots, it carries a profound and distinctive significance. On October 24, 2025, China’s national legislature adopted a decision in…