Perspectives
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Royal rumble: This is not A-laafin matter, by Folorunso Adisa
There is something unsettling about how often Yoruba royalty now finds itself locked in arguments over rank while the land they preside over groans under neglect. The Yoruba are heirs to a tradition renowned for philosophical depth and political sophistication. Sadly, today, the loudest royal conversations are no longer about schools, markets, roads, industries, or jobs, but about who stands…
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A house without walls, by Kashim Shettima
We cannot meaningfully market the opportunities that abound in our nation without first building a structure for engaging the world. Nations do not prosper in isolation. We are where we are today because we opened our doors to the world, and because we have so much to offer a global economy still in search of balance, growth, and shared prosperity.…
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Professional and ethical imperatives of good journalism in AI Era, by Omoniyi Ibietan
Last month, I was invited by Daily Post to keynote the 2025 annual retreat of its employees. The event took place on December 11, 2025. With weekly impressions totaling 15 million, Daily Post is one of the five leading online newspapers in Nigeria and a very defining actor in Nigeria’s emergent Fifth Estate. This post recalls my thoughts as evinced…
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Towards a better understanding of diplomatic terms and practice in Nigeria, by Sola Enikanolaiye
Introduction Over time, it has been observed that diplomatic terms and practices are largely misused and misunderstood in Nigeria. There are publications in the media and commentators who, in their public discourses, make glaring errors, blunders, goofs, and sometimes misinterpret diplomatic terms in the context of Nigeria’s diplomatic practices. Although diplomatic practice is universal in line with the provisions of…
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Trump’s politics are not America first —they’re me first, by Thomas Friedman
I have never trafficked in the conspiracy theories about Donald Trump and Russia. I never thought that he was a Russian asset or that Vladimir Putin had some financial leverage on him or sex tapes to blackmail him with. I have always believed it was much worse: that Trump, in his heart and soul, simply does not share the values…
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ADC: A coalition without direction, purpose, or political future, by Abdulhakeem Alawuje
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has clearly demonstrated that it is a political gathering going nowhere. This reality is now an open secret, one that has triggered panic, suspicion, and deep internal unrest within opposition camps. ADC members appear eager to move, yet they lack a destination, a compass, and a shared vision. What exists within the party is not…
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Rethinking global finance on Africa’s terms – OpEd, by Ade Adefeko
“Africa does not suffer from a shortage of capital. It suffers from a shortage of appropriate financial architecture.” This Op-Ed reflects Africa’s place in a rapidly changing global financial architecture, drawing from discussions at Africa House during the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos. It argues that Africa’s development challenge is not capital scarcity, but the misalignment of global financing…
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Fela Kuti, Africa’s revolutionary struggle and Nigeria’s neglected history, by Oluwadare Ayeni
Fela Anikulapo Kuti remains one of Africa’s most fearless cultural revolutionaries and political voices. He was not merely a musician; he was a movement, an ideology, and a constant reminder that art must speak truth to power. His contribution to the African revolutionary struggle and the birth of Afrobeat stands among the most powerful legacies in modern African history, yet…
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Democracy without sacrifice: The myth of Obi and Atiku-By Seye Oladejo
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) finds it imperative to interrogate-without sentiment or euphemism-the so-called democratic credentials of two serial presidential aspirants, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, who have recently anointed themselves as the conscience and moral barometers of Nigeria’s democracy. Democracy is sustained by consistency, sacrifice, respect for institutions, and fidelity to the will of…
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Looking past the Davos applause for Canada’s Prime Minister, by Gimba Kakanda
I feel goosebumps watching Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada, deliver this speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and for students of history, it must evoke the knowledge of smaller powers rising up to a bully that begins to cross the boundaries of tolerance, just as European states came together to stop Napoleon. But there’s nothing the…
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