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…

Matthew Tonlagha’s life and career reflect a blend of business enterprise, community engagement and public-interest initiatives that have attracted attention within the Niger Delta and beyond. From early personal challenges to corporate leadership and philanthropic involvement, his story illustrates how…

There is a substance found in nature that contains 94 of the essential vitamins and minerals the human body needs every single day. It is called bee pollen. Bee pollen is a ball of pollen made by young bees when…

As we saw in last week’s essay, preventable errors are unnecessary, avoidable threats to obtaining beneficial therapy. Correcting them is prohibitive in terms of financial, emotional and physical stress. They may arise from the use of the wrong medication, a…

Last week, I examined the fractured language of Nigeria’s crisis communication, where evasive admissions, ransom endorsements and miraculous tales of escape have become the syntax of our security failures. This week, the contrast is stark. In Kaduna, Governor Uba Sani…

Nine years ago, I wrote that Adams Oshiomhole could be Nigeria’s wildcard, a rare figure who might carry the insurgent moral energy of labour into the antiseptic corridors of power and still keep his hands clean. In that piece, I…