The world heaved a sigh of relief when the United States and Iran announced a rapprochement, penultimate Friday, which halted the four-month old war that the former and Israel had waged against Iran. Four earlier attempts had ended up hollow.…

There is something quietly humiliating about the way Nigeria relates to the world through the narrow lens of a visa stamp. Africa’s most populous nation, its largest economy, a country of 220 million people whose cultural exports have conquered streaming…

Nigeria’s economic future may no longer depend solely on oil. Increasingly, the country’s vast mineral resources are emerging as a major driver of economic growth, industrialisation, and long-term prosperity. The recent announcement by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele…

Nigeria’s debts continue to grow as the government shops around for all available credit, not minding the toxicity. I received a video showing African countries that are heavily indebted to the International Monetary Fund, and Nigeria’s name was absent. Many…

They are not all Israel who are of Israel. In the scriptures, the women are largely exemplary, but the men are ingrates. The disciples, especially, were a terrible lot. They specialised in driving people away from Jesus. They were determined…

There is a narrative war constantly going on in Nigeria. A bitter political opposition, led by extremely desperate folks are funding those narratives some of which have damaged the image of Nigeria all over the world. A friend sent a…

Mr Bayo Onanuga The words, “hunger” and “Onanuga” are almost homophones; words of similar sounds. I am goaded on by the Yoruba epistemology which counsels that likes should be compared with likes. As tortoise’s head safely compares with the big toe, so does…

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s recent charge to Nigerian women to embrace productivity — by engaging in businesses like akara, kulikuli, and corn roasting — is not trivial. It is appropriate, practical, and deeply patriotic. We mock what is…

​The Three-Month Sprint was initially conceived as a two-part series. ​In the first part, I journeyed back to the formative moments that shaped my intellectual vocation, from a chance discovery of Sigmund Freud in the University of Calabar Library to…

Dear Evangelist Temilolu, Please, I really want to know why those practising sexual purity find it difficult to get married. In all honesty, most times, I feel really bad. I just have so many questions running through my mind. I…

During a recent conference, an Algerian colleague repeatedly excused himself to visit the restroom just down the hallway to vomit. The reason was kidney stones, and by his own account, he had suffered similar paroxysms of pain in the past,…

Yes, Nigeria’s presidential election is seven months away and the campaigns, should there be any, have not begun. But today, I will tell you how it will play out and who will win. First, let us recall that Bola Ahmed…

I did not travel to Ekiti last Saturday, but the dispatches from the frontlines were chilling. News outlets reported it, and Dr Marcel Mbamalu, the distinguished communication scholar and publisher of Prime Business Africa, confirmed that the Nigerian democratic project…

I did not know or ever met Walter Rodney until after his demise. I never even heard of him. Nor did I ever read any of his writings as a secondary school student, until in August 1980, when I was…

Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser Ultimately, the true measure of any national security strategy lies not in the headlines it generates, but in the ordinary lives it quietly protects. Its success is reflected in children who go to school without…