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…

Last week, I shared a travelogue describing my visit to Taraba State, where distance is measured not in kilometres but in neglect and where a road becomes a referendum on citizenship. I anticipated interest, but not the overwhelming response: over…

God desires that we understand His nature, that He is love, and trust Him even when our prayers seem unanswered. Whether the manifestation of His goodness arrives in this life or is revealed fully in eternity, He calls us to…

I have told this story before. But it bears re-telling in the current circumstances. More than 30 years ago, a friend was involved in a car accident. He was driving back home in the wee hours of the morning, after…

“Who are you to think you can advise the president? What do you know about governance to delude yourself that you have anything concrete to offer?” Over the years, I have received reactions like the above from political Rottweilers and…

As usual, this year’s Nigeria Armed Forces Remembrance Day on 15 January was solemn and colourful. It is an annual ritual held worldwide on 11 November to appreciate the sacrifices of fallen heroes and veterans in different wars and violent…

Cervical cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women globally, despite being almost entirely preventable. In Africa, it continues to claim lives not because science has failed, but because policy ambition has fallen short. Over 200…

Visibility is the new business power; ignore this at your own peril. I often marvel when people dispute the fact that your value means nothing if no one sees it, and that if you do not show up where decisions…

By August 8, 2026, Osun voters will make a choice that is bigger than party symbols and campaign slogans. It is a capacity decision; who has the training, temperament, and track record to handle the hard, technical work of running…

The metaphor of ship jumping still fits the current state of our opposition politics, but now the vessels and the sea have become more vivid, more painful, and more urgent. In the early hours of a sweltering Tuesday, January 20, the…

“The term of office of judges, their independence, security, adequate remuneration, conditions of service, pensions and the age of retirement shall be adequately secured by law.” Principle 11, United Nations Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, (1985)  Babajide…

In perhaps his most famous song after dying in a car crash in 1971, Cardinal Rex Lawson, Kalabari highlife soulful singer of the 1960s Nigeria, would seem to be passing a deeply emotive message to both the Adeleke and Labinjoh families. In a…

The pattern is troubling. When international actors portray Nigeria through a narrow religious-genocide frame, local extremists feel validated. But when global media question the credibility of those claims, it is suddenly labelled ethnic profiling. Public debate in Nigeria is increasingly…

We are taking the sign out of the window. We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture, we can build something bigger, better,…

History will be kind to the Aregbesola administration in the students that went to public schools, that partook in the school feeding programmes, and the 700,000 people lifted out of poverty who receive him enthusiastically whenever he appears on the…