Perspectives
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Kashim Shettima: Nigeria’s most engaged v/president ever, by Kola Amzat
In Nigerian annals of democratic rule, particularly since the turn of 4th Republic, no vice-president has been maximally engaged as the incumbent….Senator Kashim Shettima; not even, the immediate vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who was opportune to hold brief for his boss, the deceased Muhammed Buhari, while the retired general was on medical trips abroad, a couple of times. This…
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Elections is not ‘baby just the tip’ – by Chioma Ahaghotu
Many “forces” from other regions who voted Obi in 2023 will not support him in 2027. But you don’t want to ask why. You think it’s by hope and “God abeg.” You call mapping strategy gaps “too much scrutiny” and criticism, as if refusing to look at the gaps will make them fill themselves. That mindset is exactly why many…
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The significance of the FCT Civil Service Commission in Nigeria, by Tunji Olaopa
There is every conceivable reason to celebrate and properly situate the emergence and functional relevance of the Federal Capital Territory Civil Service Commission (FCT-CSC) in Nigeria’s administrative history, even if the significance of this is not obvious to any but an administrative historian or public administration researcher. In 2018, a legislative bill approving the establishment of the FCT-CSC was passed…
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Stephen Keshi, Nations Cup and January reflections, by Simbo Olorunfemi
Few, if any, will dispute the fact that January is the best month of the year. It might be two-faced in the manner of Janus, the ancient Roman god it is named after, but just as January offers a close rear-view of the most recent past, so does it open the door of opportunities by way of renewed hope into…
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Setting the record straight: Mineral value-addition and national progress, by Abubakar Adamu
The recent controversy sparked by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) regarding the location of a gold refinery in Lagos deserves a sober, fact-based response. For too long, our nation’s wealth has been shipped abroad in raw form—gold from the North and other minerals from across the country—benefiting foreign economies like Dubai while leaving our local communities with little to show…
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2027: Tinubu and the dynamics of political authority, by Patrick Iwelunmor
A humane political imagination is rarely shaped by ideology alone. It is formed through disciplines that insist on restraint, moral attentiveness, and engagement with the realities of those governed. Literature, in particular, resists the comfort of certainty. It reminds those in power that dominance is not permanence, that numbers do not exhaust meaning, and that silence cannot be assumed to…
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TRIBUTE: Adazie Obosi at 93, a life that set the tone, by Osita Chidoka
I share a common ancestry from Udezuga of Ire Village, Obosi, with Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Adazie Obosi—the most senior Ndichie of Obosi and a man I have long admired. When he was capped Adazie Obosi in 1982 (I believe), I was an 11-year-old boy. That day, I served as the bell boy to the late Odu Obosi, Chief Amobi. In…
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Leadership under pressure: Sadio Mané on leading without a title, by Kayode Adebiyi
Leadership is most clearly revealed in moments of crisis. These are moments when emotions run high, injustice feels overwhelming, and failure appears inevitable. One of the most compelling modern examples of such leadership came from Sadio Mané during a tense and controversial Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final against Morocco. What unfolded that night was far more than a football…
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FIRS To NRS : So far so seamless, by Arabinrin Aderonke
The establishment of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) represents a defining moment in the evolution of Nigeria’s tax administration. Transitioning from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) is not merely a change in name or structure; it signals a broader reform agenda aimed at strengthening revenue mobilisation, improving taxpayer experience, and supporting national development. The…
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Nigeria happened or ignorance happened? By Olabode Opeseitan
Let me begin by expressing my deepest condolences to one of Nigeria’s most distinguished literary voices, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, on the tragic loss of her son. May the God of all comfort strengthen you with grace and peace in this season of unspeakable loss. This is a human tragedy first, not a talking point. Public discourse must reflect that dignity,…
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