Shortly before the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu, I wrote an article titled “The Coronation of a Storm Rider”, chronicling his difficult, controversial, and, to many, improbable path to Aso Rock. Few political figures in recent Nigerian history have faced…

Nigeria’s digital economy is often celebrated as one of Africa’s most promising. With more than 200 million people, a rapidly growing technology sector, and increasing mobile adoption, the country is frequently positioned as a continental leader. Yet behind the statistics…

Last week, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended the Imo Economic Summit and made a remark that sparked reactions among Nigerians. He said Nigeria exports professionals, entertainment, and mineral resources to the United Kingdom, while the UK exports pharmaceuticals,…

Nigeria is a complicated entity—so complicated that it has repeatedly defied the wisdom of both leaders and the led. No one can claim ignorance of the origins of this complexity. It predates independence, to the days when leaders of one…

Whereas Item 39 of the exclusive legislative list of Nigeria’s Constitution provides that “mines and minerals, including oil mining, geological surveys and natural gas” are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government only, it is baffling that some state governments…

It is not an exaggeration to say that the average Nigerian driver often behaves like an unintentional suicide risk. The danger does not usually come from mechanical failure or acts of fate but from our everyday recklessness and collective disregard…

If anybody deserved to be called Mr PUNCH, it would undoubtedly be this Ijebu-born, Lagos city boy, who undeniably gave his all to an organisation that took him from ‘nothing’ to something regal and admirable… His reputation had been out…

Blood is thicker than water, so the saying goes. But not in every case. Sometimes, workplace fluidity possesses the same viscosity as blood. The seed of my relationship with a longstanding friend and colleague, Hammed Shittu of ThisDay newspapers, was…

Oby Ezekwesili This year’s co-winner (alongside Mr Drago Kos, a former chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery from 2014 to 2022) in the Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement category is the inimitable Dr Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, a former education minister in Nigeria, former…

When the argle-bargle busted through the mainstream and social media space a few days ago, my heart jostled in the cognitive practice of self-questioning. I asked myself what really is the real reason is for this unfolding battle between Africa’s…

Until Africa returns to this fundamental truth, that no one is above the law and that justice must be blind to privilege, the continent will continue to chase shadows. Let us be mindful that corruption is merely a symptom; the…

In my November 26, 2025 piece titled “A nation where classrooms, sanctuaries become killing fields”, I catalogued some of the fresh cases of insecurity at the time — from school abductions to killings in worship centres — and argued that…

President Donald Trump Haile Selassie warned about what would happen if a strong nation could destroy a weak people with impunity. The world ignored him then. Africa should not ignore the warning now — especially when the language of “deals,”…

Trade is a form of exchange. This can be an exchange of commodities or services, even ideas. Trade practice has been from time immemorial and is as old as mankind.  AI Overview says, “Trade is the voluntary exchange, buying, or…

What a year it has been for Nigeria, one that might yet go down in the country’s foreign relations history as one of the most consequential. Not since the era in which Nigeria played a frontline role in decolonising Africa…