In 1850, if you had a fever, you visited an apothecary. They were masters of bespoke creation. They didn’t just sell medicine; they formulated it — grinding willow bark, distilling tinctures, and hand-rolling pills based on individual symptoms. They held…

“Emi o ni ki Gambari ma sun rara, ki o sa ti mo kii iran baba mi.” This age-old Yoruba expression, loosely translated, concedes that a northerner may recite rara, a Yoruba praise form, but must not deploy it to…

Ijebuland stands at a historic crossroads. The Awujale stool—symbol of tradition, moral authority, and unity—remains vacant. The late Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, GCON, left behind a throne of global stature, cultural pride, and moral responsibility. The task now is…

In the grand chessboard of international relations, statecraft is often perceived solely through the prism of rigid protocols, treaties, and the hard power of economic sanctions or military posture. However, as students of international law and strategic communication understand, the…

The events leading up to and succeeding the elections of 12 June, 1993, were remarkable in several respects in Nigeria’s political (and if all their consequences are included, economic) annals. The near farcical nature of the election’s annulment. The latitude…

In the last couple of weeks, I have painstakingly studied the National Honours Act (1964, later CAP N43 LFN 2004) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I have also taken the time to carefully peruse the list of recipients of…

When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria’s National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified as his priorities human asset development, poverty reduction and fighting insecurity.  Last week, his…

The beautiful and enchanting butterfly called the Africa Cup of Nations emerged from its chrysalis in Khartoum, Sudan, under the presidency of Abdelaziz Salem, an Egyptian, with three countries—Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia—participating, and Egypt emerging as the eventual winner. The…

There is a quiet violence that does not draw blood yet destroys institutions. In Kogi State, that violence is the persistent, deliberate failure to pay retired judicial officers their pensions and gratuities, entitlements that are not “favours”, not “handouts” and…

A few days ago, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said state governments and local councils should be blamed for the 133 million Nigerians classified as multidimensionally poor. “Who should be blamed for…

Nigeria’s new tax laws are no longer a proposal, a rumour, or a theoretical policy experiment; they are in force, and they are here to stay. President Bola Tinubu deserves credit for taking a bold but necessary step to reform…

If infrastructure forms the skeleton of governance, the public service is its bloodstream. When the bloodstream weakens, the skeleton becomes mere decoration. Under the present administration, Ekiti’s once-respected public service appears to be drifting into a condition best described not…

I am reading a copy of Marcel Dirsus’ How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. A 2024 non-fiction book, in it, Dirsus examines historical strategies for overthrowing dictators. He also looks at how effective dictators can be in this modern era,…

Liam Conejo Ramos, five, a preschooler at Colombia Heights Public School, Minnesota, returned home on 20 January, 2026. He might have looked forward to the warm embrace of his mother, but in the drive way of his home, United States,…

Israel foolishly desired a king rather than God. God’s jealousy is a raging fire. Inordinate affection for anyone and anything other than God is a capital offence. Look at what God did to Jeremiah. Jeremiah so loved his wife that…