During this year’s World Nutrition Day last week, we were reminded to reinvigorate our concerted efforts to tackle the burden of malnutrition in Nigeria, not only through enabling policies but also through accelerate implementation of proven, high-impact nutrition intervention with…

He gave the world eyes that never close. And we, who live in an age of too much seeing and not always enough understanding, are his complicated, grateful, unruly heirs. As we contend with the information revolution he seeded, navigating…

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised reform at the start of his administration. Those reforms were necessary, but they have placed real pressure on many Nigerians. Families have had to make harder choices around food, transport, rent, school…

…accountability is not an optional accessory to democracy; it is its foundation. Elections are not popularity contests in which the most inspirational greeting-card writer wins another term. They are performance reviews conducted by the public. At exactly 12:01 a.m. on…

Nigeria’s climate ambition is increasingly digital, but its data infrastructure is falling behind. Recently, the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Emomotimi Agama, identified a major challenge confronting the market: many listed companies still lack coherent, structured, and verifiable…

The story of the APIN Public Health Initiatives, which is set to mark its 25th anniversary, is a story of resilience and determination. A story of never-say-die spirit steeped in the stigmatised world of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. APIN, as it…

The romanticism around “direct primaries” as a democratic ideal in Nigeria’s political parties has by now faded, if not fully vanished. In the All Progressives Congress, in particular, what was originally promoted as a grassroots revolution in candidate selection has…

In many Nigerian classrooms today, success is still defined by test scores. A “good student” passes examinations, earns distinctions, and progresses without disruption. While academic achievement matters, it raises a more important question: are we preparing young people for life,…

There are moments when development conversations stop sounding like routine government engagements and begin to reflect something more deliberate and structural. The recent rail strategy co-creation sessions organised by the South West Development Commission felt very much like such a…

Recently, the Federal Civil Service Commission began the preparation for the implementation of the FCSC Strategic Plan (2026-2030). When the 10th Commission was inaugurated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in December 2023, it was with a marching order that was…

It is strangely amusing how some Nigerians attack themselves on digital platforms and open discussions when fighting for or defending the people they perceive as political messiahs, tribal redeemers and turnaround experts, gloating as new-day nationalists. It is just a…

Most times when people talk about leadership, they focus on skills like vision, charisma, innovation, confidence and strategic thinking. These skills are important. After all, it is almost impossible to find anybody who wants to follow a leader who lacks…

On Sunday 17 May, we flew from Lagos and landed in Lome, the capital of Togo in the West African sub-region for the third edition of Biashara Afrika, the premier continental business forum that brings together African heads of state,…

The GSM story, as cliched as it has become, still merits relevance in exploring an important fact – that the development trajectory of African nations – Nigeria on my mind – does not have to follow that of European or…

The main threat to Nigerian democracy is no longer a lack of understanding of elections but the growing doubt that elections matter. What is often labelled voter apathy is actually a rational response. When citizens believe their votes matter, hope…