Subsidy: Nigerians paid the price, now Atiku offers a way
THERE comes a point in every government’s life when explanations cease to matter and results become the only language citizens…
How Okpebholo’s SHINE agenda is addressing Edo’s 35-year reckoning (2)
WHEN Governor Monday Okpebholo took office in November 2024, his inaugural messaging centered on five pillars: Security, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Natural…
Subsidy gains: How Tinubu is building a new Nigeria
FOR years, my position has been clear: take the burden of education and health off the masses, and you would…
Party structure and crisis of loyalty in Ondo APC
By Adewale Adewinle THERE is a point at which political disagreement ceases to be an ordinary feature of internal party…
‘If the IBB coup had failed, I would have been part of the collateral damage’
ON 27th August it was forty-one years after then Major-General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida led the coup d’etat that toppled the…
Da’u Aliyu and fair representation in Jigawa
BY any fair assessment of grassroots politics and community development in Jigawa State, Hon. (Engr.) Magaji Da’u Aliyu, PhD mni,…
How Okpebholo’s SHINE agenda is addressing Edo’s 35-year reckoning (1)
IN 1991 General Ibrahim Babangida regime, carved Edo State out of the old Bendel state and that was beginning its…
Ogogo: Farewell to action man in Nollywood
DEATH has no manual or format of operation. The only difference between life and death is that life can be…
Beyond Kano mass wedding
CULTURE has a way of shaping how societies understand responsibility. I grew up in Lagos in a family whose roots…
23 Years of Operation: Globacom as the architecture of value and the audacity to never settle for less
There are companies that merely survive the passage of time, and there are companies that use time as an instrument…
Where did Nigeria get the money to fund fuel subsidy?
ONE question Nigerians should understand clearly is this: before the removal of fuel subsidy, where did the money used to…
Soldier of peace, Sultan Sa’ad, clocks 70
"Leaders must act in the best interest of the populace, maintain accessibility for the oppressed and lose legitimacy if they…
Famadewa, Ribadu and the 90-day security plan: Unpacking Onanuga’s release
When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National…
TOFAC 2026: Attahiru Jega on reimagining citizenship, democratic ethics, and the moral future of the Nigerian state
In the previous part of this reflective piece, I have been able to show that the crisis of democracy in…
Why Northeast Nigeria must educate displaced children
Every year, new children are born inside displacement camps. They should grow up learning the alphabet, numbers, and social studies,…
2027: Obanikoro on a familiar terrain
LET me first of all establish a context: Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, the ebullient, popular and charismatic Lagos politician is not…
Why poverty persists in Nigeria — Even after the reforms
IN 2023, Nigeria’s new governmentcame with a bold promise: to finally confront the structural distortions that had held the economy…
Nigeria’s mechanisation challenge not about machines
One of the most consequential shifts happening quietly across Nigeria today is the renewed attention being paid to agricultural mechanisation.
Farooq Kperogi and the economics of Atiku’s subsidy dream
FAROOQ Kperogi is right about one thing: Atiku Abubakar’s obsession with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s old forfeiture controversy and the…
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo: Beyond passport reforms
WHEN President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised Nigerians a Renewed Hope Agenda, the skepticism among Nigerians was so strong because of…
