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For over a decade, I kept stating on this page that the mischaracterisation of insecurity by some Nigerians would have consequences. During that time, many Nigerians kept quiet as some misrepresented the breakdown in relations…
Oyo State government kickstarted a weeklong golden anniversary celebration of the Pacesetter State on Monday, January 26, 2026, at Ibadan, the state capital. I had the privilege of watching the live telecast of the opening ceremony on TV. For those…
Mr Aliko Dangote Mr Dangote’s education endowment aims to reduce barriers to tertiary education for Nigeria’s poor and vulnerable youth and to support girls’ education. Over the period 2026-2036, the scholarship programme aimed to reach 1,325,000 vulnerable students in public…
To state the truth, Africa was significantly nowhere at the World Economic Forum which took place this 19-23 January. You may say absent figuratively, sidelined more specifically, and that has been very much the pattern over the years. The World…
Rep. Ilhan Omar in a Press Conference ahead of the 2020 Primary Election. Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Somalia’s civil war cannot be understood outside the prism of the Cold War, which exacerbated local problems born of…
…as the National Assembly convenes today, Tuesday, 27th January, 2026, lawmakers must confront a stark reality: the window for the passage of this bill is thin. If it is to take effect in the 2027 general election cycle, it can…
On June 22, 2017, the Lagos High Court declared illegal and unconstitutional the series of brutal, government-ordered evictions that had left more than 30,000 Nigerians homeless. The presiding Judge, Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo (now retd) ruled that the rights of the…
Two things made Nigeria’s attendance at this year’s Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week Summit very remarkable. One, it showed how the sequence of actions by Nigeria’s leader, President Bola Tinubu, undergirded his determination to pave a promising future for the country’s…
Nigeria enters 2026 confronted by a moral and constitutional crisis disguised as routine budgeting. It is a crisis that strikes at the heart of justice, peace, and the social contract between government and the governed. At its centre is a…
On June 22, 2017, the Lagos High Court declared illegal and unconstitutional the series of brutal, government-ordered evictions that had left more than 30,000 Nigerians homeless. The presiding Judge, Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo (now retd) ruled that the rights of the…
The life cycle of the 10th National Assembly is fast rolling by at an unimaginable speed. Out of the 48 months that the Constitution spells out for its existence, we are now left with 16. This indeed shows the speed…
If there were a global masterclass on how to sabotage youth education while smiling piously, Northern Nigeria would qualify as a case study complete with spreadsheets, press statements, and a choir of officials insisting everything is “people-centred”. The tragedy is…
Rivers State, according to 2025-2026 data, is the third-ranked oil-producing state in Nigeria by volume. That is after Akwa Ibom and Delta states, respectively. Also, Delta and Akwa Ibom states consistently rank higher than Rivers in oil derivation revenue allocation.…
I have long wondered why there has always been intense competition among human beings since God created, decorated them and planted them on the face of the earth. The first murder case was recorded when Cain turned a sacrifice into…
Last week’s tour of Lagos by American YouTuber and online streamer, known as IShowSpeed (born Darren Jason Watkins, Jnr), revealed many things about Nigeria. One key issue the visit exposed was how we behave around money, around fame, around visitors,…
Why Nigeria must stop mistaking projections for outcomes, and start governing poverty as a system Nigeria’s poverty debate has drifted into a dangerous simplification. A single figure appears, detached from its assumptions, is repeated until it hardens into fact, and…
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