What Operation KO S’AYE reveals about the future of policing in Nigeria
The dramatic July 5 police operation at Oko Filling Bus Stop in the Igando area of Lagos has already secured…
Rebuilding trust in Nigeria’s police starts with leadership
By Shalom ChukwukaSam WHEN Olatunji Rilwan Disu assumed office as Nigeria’s 23rd Inspector General of Police on 24 February 2026,…
Lawan Bukar Marguba: Godfather of Nigeria’s silent beings
By Frank Meke HE was more than a leader—he was my father and mentor. Lawan Bukar Marguba loved me deeply…
Beyond politics and promises: Redefining representation in Ibadan North
By Wale Bodija WHEN Hon. Folajimi Oyekunle (DON) emerged victorious in the August 2025 bye-election following the demise of his…
The GSMs in Nigeria’s political landscape
TO the technologically savvy youngster or Gen Z, GSM means Global System for Mobile Communications. It is an open and…
Liyel Imoke at 65: Celebrating a reformer, nation builder and mentor
Some leaders are remembered for the offices they occupied. Others are remembered for the people, institutions and possibilities they created…
When Generals fall, Nigeria must confront security collapse
THE kidnapping and death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar has become more than another tragic headline from Northern Nigeria.…
Kanu Godwin Agabi at 80
ELSEWHERE, I had posited that "every age, every generation, produces an iconoclast, an eclectic, eccentric, a quirky and unusual figure,…
Why I dedicated my book on Elebuibon to Toyin Adepoju
This month, I released a book on the Ifa guru, Araba Elebuibon, titled Ifa Priestcraft: Ifayemi Elebuibon and Yoruba Ancestral…
Nigeria’s endless building collapses: Time to end culture of impunity
NIGERIA is once again mourning victims of preventable building collapses. Within days, buildings have failed in Lagos and Port Harcourt,…
Lest we forget: With Makinde’s reform, pensioners now have a new lease of life
ON Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Ibadan, the Oyo State High Court corridors were filled not with lawyers in crisp…
Nigeria’s Herbaria Are Development Infrastructure. It’s Time We Treated Them That Way
Every serious development plan eventually runs into the same wall: the gap between what we want to do and what…
A new blueprint: How strategic collaboration is rewriting the narrative on youth drug abuse
Leadership, in its truest essence, is not about the titles we hold or the executive seats we occupy; it is…
Flooding reflects conditions established before it begins
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency issued its Seasonal Climate Prediction on February 10, 2026. The forecast covered southern Nigeria, including Lagos,…
Is Nigeria’s system of government the real problem?
By Olusola Ekundayo I would like to examine what I believe is one of the fundamental issues affecting our nation:…
Public Service in challenging times: Rethinking praxis for more inclusive, innovative reform
IN its many centuries of historical evolution, from the ancient Egyptian and Roman periods all through the French and Prussian…
Nigeria’s kinetics: How long?
WHAT does our lecture topic mean in everyday English? Kinetic is an adjective that means relating to, resulting from, or…
The immense benefits of regional policing
YOUR Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, I write as a patriotic Nigerian to commend your administration for the courage and political…
Renewed Hope arrives Oyo with N1.37trn road projects
THE approval of eight major federal road projects worth a combined N1.1375 trillion for Oyo State marks a defining moment…
Insecurity: The possible way out
IF we assume that kidnapping, insurgency and other security problems are politically motivated, then the solution is political not military…
