The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio As a student of power, I can see clearly that the All-Powerful Senate President, Godswill Akpabio is at his zenith and he has no hesitation using his power in a direct and brazen manner. I…

Another #EndSARS protest is building up but this time, in a different guise. While the nation is still nursing the old wounds, some forces have once again, taken over the social media, vigorously mobilising our vibrant youths to take to…

Not too many judicial interventions have been, and will ever be as consequential as the July 11, 2024, Supreme Court ruling on the Local Government (LG) autonomy litigation, filed in May 2024, by the nation’s Attorney General and Minister for…

Since its emergence in 2002, Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group based in northeastern Nigeria, has posed a relentless and lethal threat. The organisation’s extremist ideology, grounded in a rigid interpretation of Islam, advocates the creation of an Islamic state…

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Nosa Asemota | https://twitter.com/nosasemota] After the over-centralisation of about thirty years of rule by brass hats had contributed hugely to the country’s persistent underdevelopment, a civilian president ought not…

Globally, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased following the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic amidst subdued economic growth. According to the World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022 report, a total of 712 million people globally…

Parenting is a tough turf. It’s also a free-for-all terrain where everyone claims expertness. When in a free fall, parenting is like the blabber around the round leather game, with noisy fans professing possession of better tactics than the god…

Sometimes one feels that governments should set up an office of the coordinator, new ideas and innovations, at each level. Here, every Nigerian who has a brilliant idea for the government can submit it and get full consideration. This thought…

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Who among us will quickly forget the legendary iconic former President of South Africa? For a lot of diverse reasons, and for a lot of people, Mandela is unforgettable. He was imprisoned for 27 years. Harsh conditions…

When we hear about high-profile corruption cases involving politicians, it’s easy to become desensitised to the gravity of these issues. This is especially true in Nigeria, where the case between Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, and the Economic…

The brouhaha is a symptom of the deeper problems of Nigeria’s political economy. It demonstrates how the Nigerian state and its government has failed to create a real economy that works for all Nigerians by lifting millions from poverty to…

The recent order handed down the Chief of Defence Staff, General CG Musa by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to end the menace of oil theft once and for all time may have to reset the security dynamics of the oil…

Perhaps, it will be a thing of prophetic honour that it is under the administration of President Tinubu, in whose Lagos the Niteshift Coliseum birthed and blossomed, that the man who contributed in no small measure into making Lagos an…

When I arrived Lagos in 1988 after my NYSC in Awka, Anambra State, as a young graduate, I never knew fate would bring me and Ken-Calebs Olumese together. Our first encounter 34 years ago turned out to be the beginning…

To be sure, the former minister failed to address the pertinent issues; rather, she resorted to disparaging attacks against the NNPC and its leadership, deploying innuendoes and insinuations in an obvious gambit to demonise the company. That, for me, is…