Following the collapse of the national electricity grid twice within January, African Democratic Congress chieftain, Peter Obi, posted on X last week, “No Steady Power in Four Years, No Second Term – Tinubu.’” It was a reference to presidential candidate…

The purpose of this reflection is to review the chronic inaction and absence of decisive approaches that have undermined national security, resulting in bloodshed and immense human and material loss. This review interrogates three violent uprisings which history reveals were…

I was taking a walk recently and saw Ficus exasperata, known as ewe eepin, in front of a house, and it reminded me of the story I shared about how this plant induced a woman’s menstruation. So, on our visit…

Michael Imoudu, doubtlessly, ignited the 1945 General Strike at a time when the leaders of the labour movement argued that the strike was “ill-timed”. But Imoudu himself was prompted by the  Lagos society to make the strike. Lagos – the…

Western Europe which for the first time in eighty years has sent troops in a growing dispute with the United States, US is falsely claiming it sent its military to disputed Greenland on noble grounds. French President Emmanuel Macron on…

The silence in your home used to be something you cherished. You and your spouse had a life of fine things, the best of what life had to offer. You were a couple defined by your autonomy, but after three…

Many marriages struggle not because love or affection is missing, but because communication becomes filtered through interpretation rather than clarity. While one partner feels the need to talk things through, the other withdraws and pretends that everything is fine. When…

In the last few weeks, I have been writing about the year ahead. Let’s dig further. Living with SCD has shaped how I view resilience and what I value most. Resilience is not merely stoic endurance; it is the ability…

A neighbour was rushed to the hospital some months back. When we visited him, his son told us how they took him to three hospitals (including a teaching hospital) and were told “no space” before they were eventually directed to…

President Bola Tinubu  and President Recep Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye Nigeria is Türkiye’s largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, with over 50 Turkish companies operating in the country and with investments totalling over $400 million. Nigeria’s exports to…

This debate is a mirror held up to our national condition. We are a society that glorifies the individual hustle, the survival instinct that built our fintech success. Yet that same hyper-individualism constantly defeats the sustained collective action needed to…

A few days ago, as President Tinubu was making news for all the wrong reasons in Ankara, on the heels of his state visit to the Republic of Turkey, I found myself less than five hours away from him. But…

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, may the blessings and peace be upon our beloved master Muhammad, the last of Prophets, on his family, and all…

The 23rd of January should be declared as the World Betrayal Day, says godfather Kwankwaso, as his godson and Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, made his unilateral declaration of independence, and abandoned the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for…

Regional organisations and integration in Africa are rooted in Pan-Africanism and the post-independence quest for unity, collective self-reliance, and development. Following the attainment of independence in the late 1950s and 1960s, African leaders recognized that political fragmentation and small national…