AI: How to reap the rewards without fearing the consequences
By Ola Williams Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the most pervasive topics in global headlines over the…
Akpabio: Builder of men @61
American business executive and one time Chairman and CEO of General Electric, John Francis Welch Jr. popularly called Jack Welch,…
2023 General Election: Matters arising
By default, electoral contest is meant to strengthen electoral processes such as ultimately deepening democratic ethos and culture to the…
Atiku: A man for all seasons
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them – a desire, a dream, a vision, says the…
Olanipekun: A man of uncommon accomplishments steps higher
With the recent successful defence of President Bola Tinubu at the presidential election petition court, Chief Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun, Senior…
Nigeria: 63 years independence and endless struggles
Current realities point to the fact that though Nigeria is no longer under the colonial rule, there is still a…
Does technology make us alone?
There is the common perception that technology these days seems to draw us far away from the world we live…
Urgent need for National Assembly to enact anti-lynching law
LYNCHING, an abhorrent act of violence and hate, continues to plague our society, necessitating a robust legal framework to address…
Open Letter To President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Dear President Bola Tinubu, Let me start by congratulating you on your assumption of office as the President of the…
Nigerian youths and the 2023 elections
Since the Fourth Republic − that is, since 1999 when Nigeria and Nigerians transited from military rule to a democratic…
The national security adviser Nigeria needs
The government of former President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly after he took the oath of office at the Eagle Square on…
Africa and the waves of summits
In the last one and a half decades or so, Africa has been unprecedentedly inundated with a horde of international…
President-elect and the government of national competence in perspective
In this piece, I want to reflect on one of the single most novel ideas from the President-elect and one…
Governance agenda for the new administration
The auspicious event was the public presentation of my book, The Unending Quest for Reform: An Intellectual Memoir. And then,…
Tinubu’s presidency and the leadership-performance imperative
By Tunji Olaopa The leadership conundrum on the African continent tells a story about why the continent has remained…
Kola Abiola, Building National Cohesion
The speculation surrounding the likelihood of Alhaji Kola Abiola throwing his hat into the ring to contest for the biggest…
Gov. Mai Mala Buni: Gentleman governor, quintessential democrat at 55
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them” -William Shakespeare For those who have…
Hushpuppi and the irony of philanthropy
At last, the chickens have come home to roost for Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, as the youthful,…
For Seinde and Dunni Arigbede: Making haste slowly for human equality
I am as constant as the northern star/Of whose true-fix’d and resting quality/There is no fellow in the firmament. …
