Perspectives
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To the eternal memory of my brother, my friend Segun Awolowo, by Tolu Odebiyi
As I process the devastating news of Segun Awolowo’s passing, I’m compelled to step back across five decades to truly frame what he meant in my life. Our bond didn’t begin with us—it started with our families. My late father, Chief Jonathan Odebiyi, and his grandfather, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, were long-standing associates. That relationship pulled our own paths together, year…
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A demand for accuracy, not scapegoats for a crisis we created, by Gimba Kakanda
The only caution we must all preach in confronting the Frankenstein’s monster that Nigeria’s security crisis has become is the need to tone down the growing conspiracy theories that foreigners masterminded our descent into this chaos. We are not here because of some CIA or Mossad agenda. My point is not to deny that there are agendas designed to widen…
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Wike: PDP bites the bullet, by Bola Bolawole
“Finally, finally, PDP has held Wike’s bull by the horns…” “You mean with his expulsion from the PDP by the factional PDP convention held in Ibadan?“ “You are partisan! The way you couched your question shows very clearly that you are on Wike’s side” “I don’t have to before asking questions! It is as clear as daylight that PDP has…
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Undertaker journalism, by Olatunji Ololade
The Nigerian tragedy is seldom written in the ricochet of bullets alone. Sometimes, it is scripted in newsrooms, goaded by keypad confidence. Thus the journalistic frenzy to thump the “publish” button, a mania amplified by a press that forgets, that journalism, even at its freest, is never free of consequence. Today, Nigeria is locked in an existential struggle with terror,…
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The rise and fall of parties: PDP and Nigeria’s democratic evolution, by Okoi Obono-Obla
Since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, the political landscape has been marked by the rise and fall of parties that once seemed destined to dominate. Today, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which for years stood as the country’s most formidable political machine, faces a crisis that could well determine its survival. For many advocates of democracy, the possible…
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In defence of Wike, FCT Minister, by Kola Amzat
On page 2 of the edition of Saturday, November 15, of The Nation Newspapers is the graphic details of what transpired on the site of the above disputed land. According to the Director of the FCTA, Department of Development Control, Tpl Mukhtar Galadima, the staff of the department on 17th October, while on routine monitoring, noticed an on-going development within…
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Tax reform laws: Ready, set, launch, blossom, by Olabode Opeseitan
As we inch closer to the January 1, 2026 launch of Nigeria’s landmark tax reform laws, the propaganda machine of the opposition has gone into overdrive, seizing every opportunity to discredit a well-thought-out reform that most of society now accepts as the most rational path forward. Truth be told: these laws mark a historic reset of Nigeria’s fiscal architecture, designed…
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Open letter to President Tinubu, by Kola Amzat
Open letter to President Tinubu: Reaching out to us congress’s Chris Smith subcommittee hearing on genocide claims on Nigerian christians His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu(GCFR), President, Commander-in-Chief, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Villa, FCT, Abuja. Your Excellency, OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT TINUBU REACHING OUT TO UNITED STATES CONGRESS’S CHRIS SMITH SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON GENOCIDE CLAIMS ON NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS. Your Excellency,…
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General Uba: Journalism, terrorism and the question of harm, by Taiwo Adebayo
Reporting on terrorism or conflict generally is delicate. It requires a careful navigation of the tension between the public’s right to know and the journalist’s duty to avoid causing further harm. The case involving Brigadier General Uba, who was captured and executed by ISWAP, illustrates this tension. In hindsight, though often an unfair judge, could different an editorial decision, by…
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Ayo Fayose’s outburst: When gratitude is wrapped in grievance, by Olabode Opeseitan
By all accounts, the 65th birthday of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose should have been a moment of reflection, reconciliation, and renewal. Instead, it became a national spectacle, one that exposes the fragility of ego, the weight of unresolved history, and the urgent need for decorum among those who shape public life. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, invited as guest…
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