Perspectives
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Fubara: Is half-bread better than none? By Bolanle Bolawole
“Last Thursday was a day of missed feelings for me – day of joy and day of mourning!” “The conditionalities imposed on Fubara to bring him back as governor were more crippling than IMF and World Bank conditionalities…” “You still have the belly to think about these oppressors! Have you not heard it said that Gambari kill Fulani – or…
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Japa divorce: The good, the bad, and the ugly, by Chioma Ahaghotu
“They thought “Japa” would only change their address , but it changed their marriage too”. For many Nigerian couples, the flight abroad is not just a ticket to opportunity, it’s the beginning of a silent test most never prepared for. Some marriages thrive, others struggle, and too many don’t survive at all. The Good For some couples, migration becomes the…
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Malagi: Between public trust and media power, by Saidu Ahmed
“We must keep on fighting to show people every version of what’s happening, the broad spectrum of facts, so that they can make up their minds.” -Deborah Turness, CEO, BBC News It will be an exigent requisition for a popular strategy that will guide public communication if truly we all believe earning public trust in an evolving democracy comes with…
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Nigeria’s moment to shine: Strategic PR opportunities for Africa’s giant, by Ehi Braimah
In a previous article I wrote in 2020 titled ‘A global brand positioning strategy for Nigeria,’ I argued that Nigeria was not just the largest country in Africa with a population of over 200 million people, it also has a larger percentage of arable land (33 percent) than any other country in Africa. With this advantage, I added that Nigeria…
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The last duty, the last lesson, by Folorunso Adisa
Isidore Okpewho, to me, remains the most fascinating of all the Nigerian novelists who have written about the Biafran war. His remarkable novel, The Last Duty, is one of the most accomplished African novels of conflict and memory. Okpewho was not simply telling a war story. He was distilling anguish into art. His mastery of the Queen’s language, joined with…
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Tinubu’s agric renaissance and need for support, by Afolabi Gambari
Lip service has robbed many laudable programmes in Nigeria from time immemorial. It was usually explained this way: the programmes are good and solid, but the implementation is just poor. President Bola Tinubu has sought to be different with regard to agriculture and food sufficiency. In June this year, just days after his administration clocked two years in office, he…
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Fubara and the witches, by Festus Adedayo
Three Nigerian “witches” just got beaten by a midnight downpour. They are, Siminalayi Fubara, Nyesom Wike and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in ascending order. Last Thursday, September 18, 2025, there was an initial apprehension in Rivers State over whether its reinstated governor, Fubara, was “coming home.” An earlier excitedness over the end of emergency rule got momentarily dampened. Apprehension however dissolved…
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El-Rufai’s dangerous political rhetoric without substance, by Kayode Adebiyi
As Nigeria begins to feel the real impact of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bold economic reforms, from the steady drop in inflation to the gradual return of price stability across markets, some elements in the opposition camp seem more focused on stirring political tension than acknowledging the country’s progress. In what many see as a calculated attempt to stay relevant…
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Remi Tinubu: Primus inter pares First Lady at 65, by Mobolaji Sanusi
“There are two great days in a person’s life—the day we are born, and the day we discover why.” — William Barclay The celebration of Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s 65th birthday today is uniquely an issue because of two things: The esteemed position she occupies, and secondly because of her admirable assertive but simplistic humility despite her privileged…
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The lie Igbos must confront in Nigeria, by Chioma Ahaghotu
The very first lie we must confront is the dangerous notion that Igbo people are not free in Nigeria. This falsehood has been repeated so often that many have begun to internalize it, walking around as if they are captives in their own land. Freeborns reducing themselves to the mindset of slaves in need of “liberation.” It is one of…
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