Jason Arday and black scholarship: What has gone wrong with the academy?
WHAT is the existential status of blackness in a world of extreme racism? More concretely, how does a black scholar,…
The renewed move for peace in Warri
There has been a renewed move for peace in Warri. Over the past few months the messaging from the kings…
The sun is Africa’s untapped wealth. We must build the hands to harvest it
By Victor Chinenye Obetta The Editor asked Victor Chinenye Obetta, a Nigerian-born clean energy project developer based in Boston, for…
Strictly between Adebutu and Yayi
THERE is something revealing about a political campaign that begins by rummaging through family trees. It often suggests that the…
Dr Emmanuel A. Amao (1955-2026): Trainer on the move
By Dotun Adetunji THE first time I met Dr Emmanuel Amao, he was on a brisk move. Perhaps because of…
A framework for ethical AI integration in Nigerian digital media
THE global information ecosystem is undergoing an algorithmic revolution. In Nigeria, Africa’s largest digital economy with over 103 million active…
Passports: That UK special intervention exercise
THE philosophy behind effective public administration is perhaps best captured in John Dewey’s observation that “a problem well put is…
Governor Aliyu and Sokoto’s environmental challenge
SOKOTO State is on the frontline of one of the most persistent environmental threats facing northern Nigeria: desertification. The state’s…
COP31: Why Nations must move from promises to action
THE world cannot afford to approach the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, as another annual gathering where governments…
The world’s great refineries: Lessons for Dangote and Nigeria
In Jamnagar, on India’s western coast, Reliance Industries built a refining and petrochemical complex that transformed India’s position in the…
Built for statecraft: The technocratic ascent of Bimbo Adekanmbi in Oyo
Honourable Abimbola Adekanmbi stands today as one of the distinguished figures in Oyo State whose life story unfolds not as…
2027 general election: Are we prepared?
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the institution set up by the federal government that is saddled with the…
Benue pounded yam, identity and the politics of conflict
EMMANUEL Ande’s question “HAVE you eaten?” sounded simple, but in Benue it carries the weight of welcome, identity and belonging.…
Getting performance contract practices right in Africa as reform imperative
It has now become a key analytical template that, in diagnosing what ails the African state, we must talk about…
When the hunters become the hunted: How intelligence, technology close in on Auchi-Okene-Abuja highway kidnappers
By Akindele Adegebo For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller…
Tinubu: The return of the Olorikunkun
By Akanni Lafiaji Shortly after President Bola Tinubu assumed office in 2023, Prof Wole Soyinka paid him a courtesy visit…
Why Osun State needs more than just e-results
OSUN State’s gubernatorial election was a “tsunami” of tenacity; it was also a warning. If Nigeria continues to allow the…
WAEC’s Dangut: When reform becomes uncomfortable
By Adamu Azeez THERE is a popular expression making the rounds in some corporate circles today: “The fear of Dangut…
Why Lagos-Calabar coastal highway?
I guess it is not by accident that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR is constructing a highway between Calabar and…
Dotun: The relentless storyteller, now the story told
IT is over now over a week since death, like a night thief, sneaked in and snatched away my friend,…
