Can 10th Senate shave the head of the 11th Senate in its absence?
Two weeks ago, the chamber of the 10th Senate attempted a Nostradamus-like feat by decreeing tomorrow into existence and declaring…
Who will save the Nigerian boy-child?
TWO notable things happened during the 2026 induction ceremony of medical doctors and dentists at the University of Medical Sciences,…
Another look at the Kwara governor and his politics
IN the 3 May 2026 edition, this column carried an article titled “Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq: A 2027 misadventure?” It was…
Why FG’s petrol discount is not enough
BEFORE the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, announced some economic measures last Thursday,…
Umahi: When shall we have the Lagos-Abuja superhighway?
THE zeal with which the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu went about the Lagos-Calabar Superhighway upon its assumption of…
Is Adelabu building Oyo’s rainbow coalition?
RAINBOW is the reigning colour in the build-up to 2027. At the national level, the Minister of the Federal Capital…
APC govs vs Wike: 2031 is coming too early
THE feud between the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),…
Why are politicians not campaigning?
IF you check out the decibels of noise politicians have generated around the 2027 election right from mid last year,…
Between Tinubu and NFF
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu might not have been seen openly following football like many Nigerians, but on 27 August he…
Subsidy removal: Tinubu, Atiku’s loyalists must come to the table with clean hands
AS humans, we cannot communicate, so the communication experts say in the popular Axioms of Communication. By that, they mean…
Was the Osun governorship election free, fair and credible?
THE Osun State governorship election may have been won and lost, yet the echoes of that off-cycle contest will continue…
Why Sheikh Jingir should not teach us religious nonsense
Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir is supposed to be a cleric whose duty is to shepherd people onto a godly path.…
NLC: It is not all about the minimum wage
WHEN President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the sum of ₦70,000 as the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers in…
Minister David Umahi, Miss Mary Habila and some missing links
THE story of Miss Mary Habila, the nurse found dead in the country home of the Minister of Works, David…
Oriire: Celebrating the unsung heroes
LAST week, the Senate announced a donation of ₦50 million for the families of the fallen heroes of the Oriire…
Good news from Oriire, and lessons from endless insecurity
THE much-awaited good news hit the airwaves on Friday, July 10 — exactly 56 days after toddlers, students, and their…
Oriire abduction: Still awaiting the good news
Last week, I raised several lingering questions about the kidnap saga at Ahoro Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of…
Questions as Oriire kidnap victims clock 40 days-plus in bandits’ den
The Defence Headquarters in Abuja was quick to announce that there were no terrorist cells in the South-West following the…
Nigeria: This state is not the state
Philosophers and political theorists have attempted to define the state through different prisms. There is the evolutionary theory, which posits…
Insecurity as Nigeria’s ride on the tiger’s back
One early morning in 1997, I was deployed to interview Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN.…
