Our final destination is to be exactly like Christ. I did not know how ignorant I was until I met the Lord. I did not know that people go to university to become even more ignorant. God says: “I will…

…there are issues of fiscal governance. So, a senator and recent governor is paying off a reported ₦6 billion in debt to a company in which he is invested. How will that be taxed – as philanthropy, investment, or a…

The 2027 election campaigns promise a reactivation of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Republics’ campaigns of acrimony and disturbing rhetoric. It will be a replica of a dog-eat-dog battle among Nigerian politicians. It brings to mind image of birds violently…

It began, unexpectedly, with a telephone call one evening in May. I was at my desk in Abuja when my phone rang. On the other end was Kemi Yusufu, Publicity Secretary of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). She…

Nigeria is entering a new phase of its digital journey. The country is no longer simply asking how quickly it can adopt cloud technology. It is beginning to shape the conditions under which that technology can support national resilience, innovation,…

The burden of our survival can no longer be deferred to the next election cycle, or packaged into desperate prayers. It falls squarely on us. We must shed our fear. We must organise horizontally, build parallel networks of community security,…

Tony Elumelu The awkwardness lies in the system itself: a borrowed convention that was designed to soften hierarchy but was never properly reconsidered as the generations changed… The lesson is not that young Nigerians must learn to fear their elders.…

It appears the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world oil passed before the US–Iran war, was one of the most urgent tasks of humanity. The United States has, for six months, been unable to re-open…

In a deeply personal and reflective letter to shareholders at the end of 2025, America’s billionaire investor, Warren Buffett, reminded the world that while money matters, the highest purpose of wealth is what it makes possible for others. At 95,…

An iron condemn operator The time has come for governments at every level in Nigeria to confront a destructive force that has long operated in plain sight under the guise of informal scrap collection. Those who call themselves iron condemn…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke Multiple sources told me last week that what came across in the governorship poll as a ringing endorsement of Adeleke, especially by civil servants, was actually a defence of group self-interest under a government…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke (PHOTO CREDIT: Senator Ademola Adeleke Jackson on Facebeook) Adeleke’s victory may ultimately be judged by the quality of his second-term performance in office. But his political journey has already demonstrated an important truth about…

Electronic voting – iREV …the Osun experience reaffirmed the value of electronic transmission and real-time public access to polling unit results as safeguards against manipulation and as mechanisms for strengthening transparency, auditability and citizen oversight. After the crisis of confidence…

Frank Omenka, a retired colonel. I cannot count the number of people who have forwarded to me the interview granted by Colonel Frank Omenka (published by Premium Times among others), where he made copious references to me. In the first…

Racism is a sleight of hand game. The best way to understand it is by exploring what my Yoruba ancestors call ìlara. In my culture and language, we say “ìlara ko gbo ògùn.” Ilàrá does not respond to medication or…