My phone rang on Thursday, 26 June, 2025 and a long-standing friend was on the line. “I know you are from Owo”, he began. “And I know you will want …
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NIGERIAN politics thrives on a moral deficit. Do you agree? So, why do you still agree that there are lines that must never be crossed? Why are you pained by …
Today, Saturday 12 July 2025, Lagos will shut down completely from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.—a full nine hours in the city that powers Nigeria’s economy. The financial hit will …
A major mistake many make is to assume that the prize is only for those who promote peace. Wrong! It is also for those who promote war, provided they are …
In Nigeria today, only two kinds of people remain: those who think Peter Obi will never be president and those who think he’s about to become president. The only thing …
The leadership of our great nation should help refocus the country by steering it away from the kind of politics that looks perennially divisive. The nation needs the inclusive type …
“Bros, looks like one accidented trailer has just passed between Trump and Elon Musk oh, and it gets messier by the day.” “What do you expect? It is just simple …
The current 36 states are essentially a burden. Except Lagos, the remaining 35 are financially crippled, balancing on crutches of monthly allocations and oil derivation. One politician described them as …
What a cenotaph! And what a controversy! What memories – bitter and sweet – of the dead! And what engaging scuffles among the living! In all of these, however, we …
THE buzz about a coalition that would breathe life into Nigeria, no matter how small, has collapsed into the African Democratic Party, ADC, a testimony to how mired we are …