Perspectives
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Trump’s threats: Don’t scapegoat the Igbos, by Ugo Egbujo
Since Trump threatened to storm Nigeria and smash the bandits—to protect Christians in the Middle Belt from genocide—the presidency has been running helter-skelter, disputing the genocide, denying complicity and complacency, redefining mass murders as a global phenomenon, dispatching emissaries, claiming sovereignty, placating America. If only they stopped there . The terrified presidency’s approach has been a confused scramble. The central…
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Law, justice, and the hypocrisy of Kanu’s moral posturing, by Chioma Ahaghotu
It is both ironic and tragic that Nnamdi Kanu now speaks so passionately about “law” and “justice.” One must ask: which law and which justice did he accord to the men and women murdered under his command? The same man who once boasted, “I decide who lives and who dies,” now wants the same legal system he scorned to protect…
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Blue Economy, green resolve: Lagos charts Africa’s coastal future, by Babajide Fadoju
The 11th Lagos International Climate Change Summit convened on November 6, 2025, at the Lagos Continental Hotel, drawing delegates from across Africa and beyond. Goodwill messages from the Dutch government, Chinese embassy, UK high commission, and German consulate opened proceedings, signalling the global stakes in what the city plans to do with its 187 kilometres of coastline. These opening salutes…
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Wike Nyesom: Tinubu administration’s jewel of inestimable values!, by Kola Amzat
In the last 10 years, an indomitable figure has emerged in the Nigerian political horizon. He is no other than Barrister Wike Nyesom, a former two term governor of Rivers state, former Minister of (State) Education, and indeed, incumbent Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). One may detest his ways, style and gut, but, it’s absolutely difficult to ignore and deny…
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How Intersociety’s exaggerated claims misled the world on Nigeria’s christian crisis, by Olabode Opeseitan
It began with a voice on a faith-based radio station in the United States. Wednesday morning. Calm. Then chaos. The host declared that Christians in Nigeria were being rounded up, locked in churches, and burnt alive. He urged his listeners to call their congressmen. To demand action. To mount pressure until Nigeria was punished. What was stunning was not only…
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Open letter to President Donald Trump
President Donald TRUMP, United States of America, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C, United States. President Trump, Open letter to President Donald Trump DECLARING NIGERIA A “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN” IS COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE AND POTENTIAL RISKS FOR PEACE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN. Sir, Nigerians, including this writer have applauded your ascendance to White House for second time in office, even against all…
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What does America want from Nigeria? By Simbo Olorunfemi
Sometime in 2004, reports emerged of plans by the US Navy to deploy an aircraft carrier to the waters off Nigeria and neighbouring countries in the strategic Gulf of Guinea. It was deemed an “unusual exercise”, even as it came on the back of talks by senior US commanders in Europe, before then, of the need to focus more attention…
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Seeds of reform, fruits of renewal, by Olu Verheijen
Every farmer knows that harvest does not come the same day you plant. You must first till the land, sow the seeds, and wait for rain. That is what the administration has been doing in our nation over the past two years, sowing the seeds of reform so that the harvest of prosperity may reach every family, every farm, and…
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Tribute to late Akin Shuga, the gentleman of music, by Olusola Obasola
The news of Akin Shuga’s death hit like a cruel refrain that refuses to fade. Even now, days after, I still find myself playing back his songs not just to hear his voice again, but to feel the warmth, humility, and quiet excellence that defined him. Akin Shuga, born Akin Tofowomo, was more than a musician. He was an embodiment…
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Supply chain finance in Africa – a shared prosperity – OpEd, by Ade Adefeko
IntroductionAfrica, recognized as the cradle land of man, and blessed with abundant economic, agricultural, and human resources holds 65% of the world’s uncultivated arable land and employs more than half of its workforce in the agricultural sector which is a driver of food security, trade and industrialization. Yet, this potential remains largely untapped, limiting the attainment of shared prosperity across…
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