Raila valued integrity above convenience. He forgave easily but rarely forgot lessons. His decision in 2018 to reconcile with President Uhuru Kenyatta through the famed “Handshake” surprised allies (including myself), and critics alike. Yet, it was consistent with his belief…

President Donald Trump …if the Middle East peace holds and the US president commits to a two-state solution, the White House may nominate Trump for the next Nobel Peace Prize… Trump’s misdeeds have been as long as they have been…

SCARS is not just a memoir; it is a mirror reflecting Nigeria’s wounds — the scars of war, hypocrisy, and wasted potential. Irabor’s writing is measured but fearless, scholarly yet deeply human. His critique of the North is not an…

South-West Nigeria For centuries, the South-West has thrived on collective finance. Systems like esusu, ajo, and adashe have helped traders raise funds more quickly than any bank could have imagined. Our kinship networks, age grades, and religious unions already function…

The twenty-first century, then, is not the end of ideology but its transfiguration — ideology reborn as identity. And until societies learn to balance belonging with coexistence, this new axis of conflict may prove even more enduring — and more…

SCARS is not just a memoir; it is a mirror reflecting Nigeria’s wounds — the scars of war, hypocrisy, and wasted potential. Irabor’s writing is measured but fearless, scholarly yet deeply human. His critique of the North is not an…

The FCCPC’s new regulations represent one of the most patriotic and pro-growth policy moves Nigeria has seen in the fintech space in years. They aim to ensure Nigerian fintechs thrive in fair competition, protect consumers from exploitative lending practices and…

Professor Joash Amupitan. Last week, 7 October, the announcement was made of the exit of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, Chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2015 – 2025, and his replacement in acting capacity by Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, Chairperson…

Beneath the surface is where the true story is. What we notice — headlines, viral videos, social media mention, quarterly results — is just the small visible part. Below the surface are the deeper forces: motivations, systems, identities, and daily…

The global response to Israel’s two-year war against fighters of The Islamic Resistance Movement (better known by its Arabic acronym, Hamas) in Gaza, underscores an old, and in today’s much changed circumstance, very useful question: “Where does the line between…

Weighed down by the heavy moral burden of the certificate forgery allegation levelled against him, politician and businessman, Uche Nnaji, last Tuesday resigned his position as Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology. In his resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu,…

The United States of America recently declared that there was a religious war, specifically the persecution of Christians, going on in Nigeria. The Nigerian government promptly denied the claim. But the basic truth is that, whereas one may not want…

The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the admission of new entrants into Nigeria’s legal profession. The responsibility for administering it resides in the Body of Benchers (BoB), a statutory entity described by law as…

When conscience dies in a nation, truth becomes the first casualty. A nation is not great because of the value of its wealth, but because of the wealth of its values. Dr. Erwin Lutzer once said, “an economic crisis is…

Words are sacred sovereign objects. This sacredness makes them very essential to democratic freedom. In his poem, The Word Is An Egg, great Nigerian poet and dramatist, Niyi Osundare demonstrated the primacy of the word, whether written or spoken. To…