Professor Biodun Jeyifo On 14 December 1987, when we learnt that Dr Biodun Jeyifo had resigned from the University of Ife, the anger was palpable at the Murtala Muhammed Hall, the main hostel for postgraduate students. The next day, with…

President Tinubu and Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd.) Foreign powers will not solve Nigeria’s insecurity. Superpowers act in pursuit of their national interest. Nigeria must do the same. Counterterrorism succeeds when the state leads, coordinates, and sustains pressure.…

Taken together, Venezuela and Nigeria point to a troubling pattern. International law is increasingly shaped, not by agreed pathways, but by acts that succeed and then justify themselves after the fact. Practice accumulates. Repetition breeds acceptance. What begins as exception…

President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump Set against the broader regional context, the North-West Nigeria strike indicates that the US is taking a closer interest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Last month President Trump hosted the presidents of DRC and Rwanda…

In Nigeria, losing your sight too often comes with something far worse than blindness: the loss of dignity. Across exam halls, hospital corridors, and government offices, visually impaired citizens are routinely denied basic accommodations, shamed for seeking help, and systematically…

In December, the African Dignity Project, a U.S.-based nonprofit focused on preventive healthcare and dignity for vulnerable populations, supported a community health outreach in Nigeria. The programme provided breast cancer screening, cervical cancer screening, blood pressure checks, HIV/AIDS testing, Hepatitis…

Overgeneralisation means applying a grammatical rule to every circumstance even when there are exemptions. Put differently, it means erroneously applying the rule too broadly, including to situations where other principles or rules should apply. The syndrome is supposed to primarily…

It is no longer news that many things are wrong with us as a people; it is the depth of the rot that appears to be difficult to ascertain. One of the most scandalous things we glorify in our society…

As AI dominates today’s communication, avoiding clichés is only half of the work for those who want to sound original. The harder and more useful task is knowing what to replace the cliches with. Many professionals delete overused phrases and…

Aliko Dangote “There is no doubt that the coming into the market by Dangote Refinery will upend rules, traditions, and conventions as the industry has known it, as what Dangote has done in setting up such a massive refinery is…

Happy new year, everyone! This year will be consequential for many reasons, the most mundane of which is the claim by numerologists that it is a “number one” year associated with hopeful new beginnings.  Numerology  According to the math, when…

The journey ahead demands our collective patience and shared resolve. The easy politics of division and noise will persist, but the hard work of building a Nigeria that works for all must prevail. We have laid a new foundation. Now,…

More than any policy of government, one clear compromise that has made many nations great, is what is known as Elite Consensus. In plain language, elite consensus is when the creme de la creme of society decides to reinvest their…

He once rode through Abuja behind blaring sirens, aides scrambling, admirers stretching their necks for a glimpse. Today, the same man answers questions in stark rooms, stripped of titles, power, and applause. In Nigeria, this scene is no longer shocking;…

Tinubunomics was never a promise of instant abundance. It is a macro-fiscal reset undertaken within hard constraints: inherited debt service, FX realism, security spending, legacy arrears, and competing constitutional obligations. Its logic is structural — restoring price signals, strengthening revenue…