The masquerades of Kannywood have spoken. Their message is clear: creativity alone is no longer enough. In an age of algorithms and global platforms, reputation and digitalisation are no longer optional — they are existential. If Kannywood must continue to…

Aliko Dangote I was going to launch a campaign for President Tinubu to sack the minister of petroleum until I remembered that the petroleum portfolio is firmly under the belt of the selfsame Excellency to whom I was going to…

SSS DG, Mr Oluwatosin Ajayi Sixteen months after, without a designated spokesperson, the SSS is inarguably the most commended security agency, especially by the media… What explanation can one offer for this other than the fact that the SSS DG…

Professor Toyin Falola Professor Toyin Falola is an enigma within African scholarship who holds an uncommon position within the academic community. As one of the architects of Africa’s new intellectual, his commitment to reengineering the scope and modalities of how…

All through last week, our talking heads and their many echo chambers were exercised by Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s (Africa’s richest person and chief promoter of the country’s leading refining complex) allegations of impropriety against Engineer Farouk Ahmed (erstwhile chief executive…

Big promises and thin outcomes have long weighed down youth development in Nigeria. Each new administration arrives with renewed language about empowerment, innovation, and inclusion, only for many young people to see little change in their daily realities. Against this…

The International Press Institute, Nigeria, on December 2, 2025, honoured the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, while unveiling its first-of-its-kind Book of Infamy. In this book, two state governors and the Nigerian Inspector-General of Police were…

The recent decision by the United States government to impose sweeping visa restrictions on Nigerian nationals has provoked understandable anger, disappointment, and a sense of collective humiliation across Nigeria and its global diaspora. Citing security concerns and visa overstay statistics,…

Designs to negate the recent presidential directive that police officers attached to very important personalities (VIPs) as security details should be withdrawn with immediate effect, and redeployed to core police duties to enhance the protection of the larger society, are…

It is that time of the year again when we all look back. This is not only about an agency, an organisation, or a person. I know most of us assess ourselves at the end of the year. I don’t…

As we walked into the venue of Professor Abimbola Adunni Adelakun’s mother’s 25th memorial in Ibadan, Oyo State, last Thursday, two conflicting perceptions warred for territorial possession of my mental faculty. For context, Adelakun is the  award-winning columnist with the PUNCH…

In moments of national anxiety, when insecurity gnaws at the edges of hope and governance appears to be fighting fires on too many fronts, there is often a quiet longing for a figure who can steady the ship. It is…

Nigeria’s recurring struggles with unauthorised air movements, unregulated mineral extraction, and transnational terrorist mobility expose long-standing weaknesses in its national air and border defence systems. Recent events—including the detention of a Nigerian military aircraft in Burkina Faso—further highlight inconsistencies in…

A Yoruba maxim, Isàlè òrò ò lè gbín, meaning, the foundation of wealth is never spotless, gained new urgency on December 16, 2025, when Nigeria’s most powerful industrialist turned his own megaphone toward the very system that underwrites his empire. Aliko Dangote’s public…

The current issue between the legislative tax document and the executive tax document can be referred to as tax padding, in the absence of a new lexicon. Through ingenious actions and activities of our politicians, a new addition has been…