Combating illicit financial flows: Adedeji leads Africa’s revenue push
AT a time when Africa is searching for practical answers to its fiscal challenges, the steady and deliberate leadership of…
Promise Ayuba and the cutlass of justice
Baby I’m begging you, since Sunday I haven’t eaten, you didn’t give me food to eat but from today I…
Oronto Natei Douglas: Of legacies, monuments and revival clause
There are men whose lives outlive their years because they choose to build for humanity rather than for themselves. Oronto…
Dr. Chido Onumah at 60
He writes as if ink were conscience, as if each sentence were summoned from the tribunal of truth— not borrowed,…
Rethinking the command centre
By Taiwo O. Mogobojuri FROM medieval battle formations to the complex web of modern intelligence systems, nations have always sought…
David Mark: A mark of all seasons @ 78
AT 78, David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark stands tall as one of Nigeria’s most enduring figures in public service—an embodiment of…
The Gateway visit that lifted the president’s spirits
President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Ogun State last weekend could not have come at a better time. It showed the…
Middle-East: How Tinubu’s naira-for-crude policy guarantees supply security in Nigeria
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency…
Oyo 2027: Strengths, weaknesses, and the real question behind next gov
By: Kunle Aderibigbe AS conversations around Oyo 2027 begin to take shape, attention is shifting from personalities to capacity. Beyond…
OGD @ 70: A personal tribute by a life-long mentee
THERE are men who merely passthrough life, and there are those who quietly shape the lives of others while shaping…
The essential Gbenga Daniel: A titan of two worlds
By: Adegbenro Adebanjo JUSTUS Olugbenga Daniel has enjoyed the best of two worlds. He started off as a consummate businessman…
Tribute to Pastor Ituah @65
By: Akindele Olumideko NOT a few people know him especially in Pentecostal circles. He is none other than Pastor Ituah…
Oyo 2027: Strengths, weaknesses, and the real question behind the next governor
By Kunle Aderibigbe As conversations around Oyo 2027 begin to take shape, attention is shifting from personalities to capacity. Beyond…
Deepening policy intelligence and professionalism in the Nigerian civil service
In coming to terms with the dominant narrative around the nation’s development challenge, the diagnostics contained in the development literature…
Brig. General Nicholas Ashinze and the burden of service
By Mukhtar Yau Madobi In the high-stakes world of military intelligence, the line between professional duty and political crossfire is…
What global happiness metrics omit about Nigeria
NIGERIA is ranked 106th on the Global Happiness Index. Noteworthy too is that Nigeria, over the years, dropped all the…
When opposition stops thinking…
By: Osa-Ogbegie Dan ONE of the laziest and most embarrassing pastimes of Nigeria’s opposition today is its puerile obsession with…
Tax reform: Between change and burden of trust
By: Oluwaseun. M. Salawu TAX reforms rarely attract applause anywhere in the world, and Nigeria is no exception. When citizens…
Reflections on a tested administrator
IN the evolving story of governance and development in Oyo State, certain individuals distinguish themselves not merely by the offices…
Is BBL the new price for womanhood?
By: Emmanuel O. Ogungbile RECENTLY, as I scrolled through social media, another name was trending. Another young woman, another cold…
