I was sitting on my three-seater chair with its peeling leather in my 2-by-2-metre apartment when I heard a voice: “Egbon, ba yi si?” Looking up, I discovered it was Saheed Olugbon, a serial award-winning photographer, who plies his trade…

Many times, one has looked at the state of the Nigerian economy and wept silently. This is more so when, as an economist, one cannot just visualise but possesses the knowledge of the sizes and varieties of natural resource endowment,…

The earthquakes and tsunami floods are breeding grounds for many a prophet. As a new believer, the Lord asked me one of His intriguing questions. He said: “Femi, would you like to be a prophet?” I did not answer. The…

Sunday Igboho Make no mistake about it: Yorubaland is encircled by terrorists. And Nigeria is today as sour as vinegar. The president’s birthplace is now a terrorist enclave. Since the Ahoro-Esinele tragedy in Oriire LG of Oyo State on 15…

Curiously, many presidential aspirants seeking to replace Tinubu are not openly campaigning to reverse the central pillars of his reforms. None advocates for restoring fuel subsidy. None proposes returning to a tightly controlled forex regime. None suggests halting rail expansion,…

Terrorism is, at bottom, a test of whether a society will hold together or come apart. The men who behead teachers are betting that Nigeria will come apart, that we will turn on one another and mistake our neighbours for…

kidnapping Nigeria’s contemporary experience presents a troubling illustration of this profoundly disheartening phenomenon. As electoral cycles draw nearer, public anxiety is often accompanied by a perceptible escalation in kidnappings, terrorist attacks, banditry, and other manifestations of violent criminality. Whether coincidental…

We often ask what kind of country we will leave for the next generation. Perhaps the more important question is what kind of opportunities we will leave for them. Each of us can answer that question. By mentoring one person.…

There is a question that every serious student of state decay eventually confronts, and that existing instruments only partially answer: not whether a state is fragile, but how far the separation between formal authority and effective authority has progressed. The…

Tomorrow, June 6, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi is turning 85. Now, if your idea of an 85-year-old involves rocking chairs, early bedtimes, and complete confusion over how to use a smartphone, you clearly have not met the convener of the…

As Nigeria gradually moves towards the 2027 general elections, a troubling pattern is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Across various parts of the country, there has been a noticeable resurgence of insecurity, renewed terrorist activity, coordinated attacks on communities, and…

Nigeria stands at a critical inflection point in its development journey. With a rapidly growing population, expanding urban centres, and deeper integration into continental and global trade systems, the efficiency of its transport infrastructure is no longer just a technical…

Democracy flourishes when public officials and governments at all levels are subjected to scrutiny. Criticism is healthy. Dissent is necessary. Yet, criticism acquires value only when it is rooted in facts, consistency and intellectual honesty. On the other hand, when…

You cannot miss the K when you see the Vice President. Look closely the next time Kashim Shettima appears on your screen. You will find it there: woven around the circumference of his Zanna cap (the dense, hand-stitched northern cap)…

As we all know, every May 27 is Children’s Day. In commemoration of this year’s celebration, I would like to share a story. Sometime in the 1980s, my paternal grandmother visited us after my mother had one of my siblings.…