Rivers State is the heartland of the South-South Region of Nigeria. It is the wellspring of Nigeria’s milk-and-honey, the fountainhead of our economic succour, and the oasis from where fine crude oil, resiliently sought after by the greedy and gluttonous…

When a person talks to another to stop doing what is wrong, encouraging them to do what is right instead, I imagine it is light they shed. They shed light to remove darkness. In my opinion, the work that preachers…

…What Nigerians Eat Is Now a National Health Question Recently, the United States released its 2025 to 2030 Dietary Guidelines, with senior officials describing the update as a historic reset of federal nutrition guidance. The recommendations emphasise real food, sufficient…

For nearly two decades, Nigeria has lived with terror like an unwanted houseguest, eating from the kitchen, sleeping in the living room, rearranging the furniture of normal life. We adjusted our schedules around kidnappings, our prayers around mass burials, our…

By far one of the most devastating effects on Nigerians, home and abroad, as 2025 began to wind down, was the fatal accident involving the UK-based Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua, fondly hailed as AJ. The tragedy instantly claimed the lives…

In ancient times, the sages sought to know the bowels of the future by looking into the bowels of animals. They would spread the skin of a slain beast, and after studying the surface contours, lines and features, they would…

Before the raving hawk disappeared into the sunny afternoon sky, the mother hen caught a glimpse of it just in time. Squawking and clucking, the brown mother hen sounded a throaty alarm, frantically calling on her 11 chicks, who sprinted…

The tragic explosion that rocked Bodija, Ibadan, in January 2024 was more than a test of emergency response. It has since become a profound test of democratic accountability in Nigeria. Nearly two years after the blast, recent disclosures surrounding federal…

“I forecast that by 29 May or earlier, the president will replace ministers, especially those who have since outlived their IOU value. As pressure mounts ahead of the pre-election year, no fewer than five of them will be replaced or…

Professor Biodun Jeyifo Professor BJ’s Talakawa Liberation Series stands as a rich compendium of history, resistance, and intellectual engagement with Africa’s colonial and postcolonial experience… We wish him many happy returns in good health, and continued service to Africa and…

I would like to propose a feature enhancement that introduces two distinct remark fields for bank transfers within the app: one public remark visible to the beneficiary, which already exists, and a new private personal remark visible only to the…

Nigeria’s new tax laws are animated by a legitimate concern: the country needs a broader and more sustainable revenue base in a post-oil world. Few serious observers dispute that point. What deserves closer examination, however, is how the reforms translate…

When President Bola Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, he inherited a daunting fiscal landscape shaped by years of budget deficits, dwindling oil revenues, and an economy desperate for sustainable reform. Nearly three years into his presidency, however, the cost…

The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by the United States of America is, without a doubt, a big lesson for cruel and oppressive regimes all over the world. As usual, the United Nations and…

Anyone who expected Nigerians to push back against foreign intervention in the country’s insecurity and insist that their national sovereignty be respected would have found themselves awfully wrong by now. Not only did people seem excited, but the euphoria that…