Nigeria’s political class does not take weddings lightly. While the couples getting married may see their wedding ceremony as their big day, it also serves as the proverbial golf course where political deals are struck, issues are discussed and, well,…

Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Bourdillon Road tells a simple but instructive story: when infrastructure is asked to do more than it was designed for, the consequences appear first as everyday inconvenience — and later as systemic vulnerability… It also raises…

Childhood immunisations play a critical role in helping children survive and thrive. Vaccines have helped protect children and adolescents from serious, often fatal, illnesses over the last eight decades. There is no evidence anywhere that their widespread deployment to protect…

“Personal success will not insulate you from the failures of your society.” – Author unknown For many Africans in the diaspora, there is a quiet but enduring dream that our children will not grow up as strangers to the land…

That punctilious strike by the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) marked a turning point in Nigeria’s anti-terror war. Many Nigerian soldiers who had been complaining of internal sabotage, official complicity, deliberate under-provision of armaments and logistics, can now cheer up. The…

The immediate implications of the federal government’s new tax reforms have been widely discussed since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the four (4) Tax Reform Bills into law on 26 June. The provenance of some of the new legislation has…

“A Judge who takes advantage of the judicial office for personal gain or for gain by his or her relative or relation abuses power…. such abuse of power profoundly violates the public’s trust in the judiciary.” – Code of Conduct for…

A post on X meant to question Seyi Makinde’s personal history has instead placed the Oyo State governor at the centre of a debate about how money is made, how politics is funded, who truly stands independent of the state…

When Air Peace Chairman and CEO, Allen Onyema, recently appeared on Arise TV and declared that “Nigerians are paying the cheapest domestic air fares in the world… a one-hour flight costs over $400 abroad, but in Nigeria, we still have…

I do not write as a stranger to faith, nor as a cynic peering from the margins. My late maternal grandmother, a revered Iya Suna in Ota, raised me within the discipline of Islāmiyya. My first prayers were uttered in Arabic…

If there is an unpopular government policy with the public, it is tax policy. So, the noise about the recent tax reform by the government is not unexpected, and the hullabaloo generated by the tax document swap should be taken…

From derision to distinction, from propaganda target to cultural icon, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s story is no longer about defending identity. It is about embodying it. In 2027, Lagos will be seeking many things in the next leader it elects: competence, compassion…

In Nigeria, on Tuesday and Thursday last week, two precision airstrikes hit targets. As similar as the pains the airstrikes brought, they were also marked by dissimilarities. While one hit the country’s northwest target against ISIS terrorists on Thursday, Christmas day, earlier on Tuesday,…

I understand your desire to increase your earnings, whether through a higher monthly paycheck or greater business revenue. But let’s face the truth: many people rely on the lifeless power of wishes. Wishing changes nothing. Action does. Words alone don’t…

Picture credit: Emmanuel Ikwuegbu This is the year we saw the nation tremble, yet stand. The economy strained families to the edge, policies tested the patience of the masses, and insecurity carved scars into communities that were already fragile. We…