Perspectives
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How they buy the judges — and break the country, by Babafemi Ojudu
A lot happens in Nigeria that, if you did not witness it yourself, you would swear it was impossible. Some events are so bizarre, so grotesque in their violation of common sense and morality, that even D.O. Fágúnwà’s magical adventures in Ìrìnkèrindò Nínú Igbo Elegbeje pale beside them. Yet these are not tales from another world; they are the lived…
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One-Man business mentality and other people’s money, by Simbo Olorunfemi
I just read a troubling report about the current state of affairs at one of the major Telecommunications companies. The writer expressed strong concern about the future of the company in the light of legacy issues, erosion of customer base, financial management, and leadership style. The understanding is that the company’s struggle revolves around its single-ownership structure and strongman management…
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Segun Adeniyi at 60: The nobility of spirit and moral purpose, by Louis Odion
For us, the sudden demise of General Sani Abacha in the early hours of June 8, 1998 (Monday) would seem a God-send that effectively cleared the cloud of dark foreboding that had begun to gather the previous day. Sunday Concord’s front-page lead that weekend had screamed “How Useni and Gwarzo teleguide Parties.” A transparently suicidal gambit at an illiberal time…
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Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle Water, and its absence, has become Iran’s national obsession. In the mosques of northern Tehran the imams have been praying for rain, while the meteorologists count down the hours until the weather is forecast to break and rain is…
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2027 elections and the aftermath of the PDP convention in Ibadan, by Reno Omokri
The Peoples Democratic Party just had a disputed National Convention in Ibadan. It does not matter what side of the fence you are sitting on with regard to whether or not the event was legal, the aftermath of the whole thing goes to show that the PDP has still not gotten over the fractionalisation that marked its time as a…
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Wike, Yerima: Building something on nothing, by By Bolanle Bolawole
My phone rang and a professional colleague rained torrents of questions: “Assuming Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister, is a Northern Muslim, do you think Yerima would have responded to him the way he did?” “Assuming Yerima is a southerner or southern Christian, and the FCT minister is a northern Muslim, do you think Yerima would have responded to the FCT…
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The legal storm over the PDP Ibadan convention, by Oluwadare Ayeni
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) once stood as Africa’s largest and most organised political movement, a party of dreams built on internal balance and a long-standing unwritten understanding that Nigeria’s presidency should rotate between the North and the South. That fragile equilibrium began to crumble during the last PDP presidential primaries. Despite the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner,…
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PDP hierachy: Assemblage of lawbreakers, by Kola Amzat
These past few weeks, there have been a series of conflicting court judgments on the proposed PDP convention scheduled for Ibadan metropolis between November 15 and 16, 2025. Nigerians recall that Justice James Omotosho of Federal High Court, Abuja in his verdict ruled against the convention, as well as mandated INEC officials to stay away from the precinct of the…
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Wike-Yerima face-off: We owe Gambo nothing but gratitude, by Vincent Akanmode
No one with a fair knowledge of Nigeria would dispute the fact that crisis is the pivot on which the wheel of our national life rotates. It is to us what water is to fish. Being a condition precedent for our national survival, we go out of our way to create one where there is none. And there is no…
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Memo to Osun APC: How to dislodge PDP using Edo template, by Ismail Omipidan
Like I predicted over a year ago, Governor Ademola Adeleke will emerge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2026 Osun governorship election. With barely a month to the primaries, it is becoming increasingly clear that he is the man to beat for the party’s ticket. Adeleke is from Osun West Senatorial District. Interestingly, the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola–led African…
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