When vindictiveness, vendetta and prejudice take hold, injustice can look like justice. That is the core problem with sustained narratives around contested claims that are repeated so often and eventually presented as settled fact. At the heart of the mischief-driven…

Justice is meant to stand upright, spine straight, eyes blind, scales balanced. In Nigeria, justice has learned a new yoga pose: a permanent headstand. Few events capture this inversion more starkly than the prosecution of Nigeria’s former Attorney-General and Minister…

Politics, when taken seriously, is not theatre. It is administration at scale. Societies do not progress by emotion alone; they advance through competence disciplined by purpose. From Ajase-Ipo in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State has emerged a figure…

In the time it took you to brew your morning coffee, the economic reality for a trader in Nairobi or a fintech founder in Lagos may have fundamentally shifted. In the developed West, consumer sentiment is a slow-moving tanker, shifting…

The article by Mr Tunde Odesola, published in The PUNCH on Friday, December 26, 2025, under the title “Alaafin Oyo Cuddling a Dead Empire’s Legacy” is regrettably insulting, rude, and completely devoid of the civility, restraint, and decorum expected of…

I do not have the power to foresee the next politician who will move from one party to the other. Neither can I foretell who will win the ongoing African Cup of Nations though you can guess right where my…

Last week, President Donald Trump of the United States of America gave Nigeria an unexpected and unusual Christmas gift. It came via a short but deeply unsettling statement:  “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched…

Like a thief in the night, the United States visited terrorists’ hideouts in Sokoto on Thursday night to deliver Christmas presents only befitting blood-sucking lunatics who take pleasure in throwing innocent Nigerians into serial pains and unending mourning. The visit…

A society does not collapse only when guns are louder than laws. It also weakens when citizens begin to suspect that the text meant to govern them can be quietly edited after the constitutional ceremony has ended. When a law…

Today is the last day of 2025. It is, therefore, important to remind ourselves of the major, defining moments of the year as it concerns Nigeria. I have chosen to examine the state of play in the economy, politics, and…

Professor Biodun Jeyifo. Tomorrow in Lagos, scholars and intellectual expeditioners will gather to honour and celebrate a most unique and outstanding Nigerian intellectual. Professor Biodun Jeyifo, easily one of Nigeria’s most outstanding humanities intellectuals, turns 80 tomorrow. Jeyifo, fondly called…

The security situation in Nigeria has gone so down south that even hypocritical Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Israeli Defence Forces is committing pogroms against the people of Gaza, is talking about halting killings of Christians in Nigeria. An inventory…

What do Igbos really want from Nigeria, and what conversations should we be having among ourselves? I was initially asked to speak on the topic of ‘what the Igbos want from Nigeria’. The topic was later modified to ‘Igbo Charter…

In a few hours, we will be bidding 2025 goodbye and welcoming 2026 with many hopes and, expectedly, slogans. The truth is that 2025 is a year Nigerians will not forget in a hurry. It was a mixture of shock,…

As Nigerians celebrate the dawn of 2026, the echoes of Christmas Day’s U.S. air strike in Sokoto still linger, casting a harsh light on the nation’s crippling insecurity crisis. The operation, a rare instance of foreign military intervention in Nigeria,…