Missing link in Nigeria’s climate health adaptation strategy
NOW that climate change crisis intensifies across Nigeria, government policies are beginning to identify those most at risk.
Tinubu’s bold move: US airstrikes spark hope in Nigeria’s war on terror
By: Iyoha J. Darlington ON December 25, 2025, Nigerians were greeted with news that what appeared to be a cancerous…
Housing maestro, a momentum, and the promise of 2026
AS the new year settles into its first full week of work, Ogun State continues to bask in the gains…
Ademulegun family pleads for closure at 60th anniversary
TIME does not heal all wounds. Much as memory recedes and human beings move on, engaged by other distractions and…
Aiyedatiwa, the man from the backwaters at 61: focusing on legacy
"Governor Aiyedatiwa's contributions to the progress, growth and development of Ondo State, formerly as Deputy Governor, Acting Governor, and now…
Practical solutions for protecting students, teachers in conflict-affected areas
AT least 10 tertiary institutions in Kebbi and Bauchi States in northern Nigeria were announced closed in November 2025, owing…
How ‘Okanlomo’ reveals crisis in Yoruba royal tradition
IN the quiet, deliberate world of Yoruba tradition, a name often carries potency, meaning, the weight of history, a prayer,…
Maduro: How nations lose territories in peacetime
MADURO is not a city. It is a warning. It is the visible outcome of a long, quiet process in…
The illusion of a single party
A persistent fear in Nigerian politics is the emergence of a single-party system or a sole presidential candidate. Despite recurring…
Hassan Sunmonu: Organise, don’t agonise
To be released at Abuja on January 7, 2025, the memoir of Comrade Hassan A. Sunmonu titled Organise Don’t Agonise,…
Predatory journals and the quiet crisis facing academics
AMID the many emerging topical issues, this piece focuses on a troubling trend in academia: the growing reliance on predatory…
Distinguishing between federal government revenue and the federation account
PUBLIC debate on government finances in Nigeria is once again clouded by confusion, little knowledge, and deliberate misrepresentation. At the…
Aminu Tambuwal’s 60 years of impact
By Ade Ebimomi IN 2011, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal happened upon our national consciousness when he won, against all compounding and…
Peter Obi’s reckless misreading of politics and power
IF the recent decamping of Peter Obi from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress was intended to detonate…
2027: In Oyo, competence is what matters, not religion
By Adekunle Adesuji AS political conversations gradually shift towards the 2027 governorship election in Oyo State, familiar arguments have once…
Tunji Olaopa and the reimagined bureaucracy
By Paul Onomuakpokpo WHEN the German writer Franz Kafka directs his narrative genius at the civil service—after spending a princely…
Congress should call Mr Donald Trump to order
In his second term in office, the United States President, Mr Donald Trump, has repeatedly engaged in reckless gangsterism. A…
Father of the nation, Tanko Yakasai, at 100
WITHOUT doubt, Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakasai (OFR) is presently the last man standing, amongst the class of Nigeria’s most-daringand…
Why banning mother tongue instruction misses the point
NIGERIA’S decision to ban the use of indigenous languages in early education arrives at a moment when the rest of…
Beyond Borders: A Nigerian’s Plea for Accountable Leadership
I write this as neither a politician nor a partisan actor, but as a concerned Nigerian, a son of Ibadan…
