Perspectives
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President Tinubu: Compassionate, focused and decisive, by Seye Oladejo
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) proudly reaffirms its confidence in the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a leader whose compassion, focus, and decisiveness continue to shape Nigeria’s journey towards stability, growth, and prosperity. At a time when our nation is navigating complex economic and security challenges, President Tinubu has shown that he possesses the…
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Nigeria’s final declaration of war on unemployment, by Olabode Opeseitan
In a nation long accustomed to hollow promises and diluted reforms, President Bola Tinubu’s latest initiative—the creation of 1,000 jobs in each of Nigeria’s 8,809 wards—feels less like a policy announcement and more like the final declaration of war on unemployment. It is a bold, grassroots-first proposition that, if faithfully executed, could recalibrate Nigeria’s economic narrative from one of macroeconomic…
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Fubara goes back to work, by Bolaji Adebiyi
Rivers State governor must focus on fulfilling his mandate, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Siminalayi Fubara, the oil-rich Rivers State governor, resumed work on Thursday after a six-month suspension from office imposed by President Bola Tinubu. Also back at work are his deputy, Ngozi Odu, as well as members of the House Assembly. Lifting their suspension in a lengthy statement on Wednesday…
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Digital dissent and state power: The Sowore case and the battle for Nigeria’s digital soul, by Akin Olaniyan
It seems the line between robust political speech and criminal incitement is not just thinning in Nigeria; it is being actively redrawn by the state in real-time, with each new lawsuit and social media post. We have become accustomed to the performative outrage of micro-celebrities and the fleeting scandals that define our digital discourse. The legal battle, which pits activist…
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Useni’s fight for London house from the grave shames us, by Azu Ishiekwene
In the incredibly sad courtroom drama of Tali Shani v Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome (2025) UKFTT 1090 (PC), two ordinary Nigerians from unlikely quarters, each doing what would appear to be their daily work, made the difference. The first was Ibrahim Sani, a superintendent of police at the Force Intelligence Department of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja, a…
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Sowore the chancer: Hijacking struggles he never fought, by Uche Nnadozie
Let us set the record straight. Whatever petty quarrel Omoyele Sowore and Rotimi Ola may have with Lere Olayinka, it is their business. But to drag the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba into their false narratives is an insult to those of us (including Lere) who actually lived that struggle. Sowore was never part of the NIJ crisis or…
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Becoming a green shoot: Tribute to Frank Nweke II at 60, by Omoniyi Ibietan
“Honourable Minister, where is the next port of call for you after the ministership?” I asked my principal in January 2007, as we commenced the final phase of his tenure at Radio House. “Niyi, I am going back to school.”, he responded with full metacommunication and paralinguistics, with a tincture of jocular appurtenances. Indeed, it came to pass. As soon…
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A candid advice to parents sending children abroad to study, by Akinwumi Sunday
I have a neighbor who sent her adolescent child for elementary school in America while she lives with her husband in Nigeria. Some of us did it from high school, some from undergraduate levels. The immediate thought of most parents who could afford such expensive investments in their children is giving them the best of education in a better environment.…
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The rise and festering of destructive media in Nigeria, by Olabode Opeseitan
Recently, three reputed international media organizations highlighted a transformative narrative about Nigeria that often escapes domestic headlines. Reuters documented the rise of millionaire cocoa farmers—visionaries leveraging innovation and scale to revolutionize agriculture, a sector foundational to Nigeria’s economic resurgence. Similarly, Financial Times (of London) reported on Chemical & Allied Products Plc, a leading Nigerian paint manufacturer that pivoted to sourcing…
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Tinubu’s economy: translating macroeconomic growth to microeconomic gains, by Omoniyi Akinsiju
In 1973, Nigeria formally adopted its crude oil endowment as not just an economic resource but a social intervention national product with the following objectives: to foster industrialisation, promote regional development, and control inflation (Adenikinju, 2012). At the commencement of the policy, the then Nigerian government fixed the price of crude oil at $1.93 per barrel in the domestic market,…
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