Perspectives
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What is Nigeria bringing back from UNGA at 80? By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko
Today, Mr Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly. It is a speech we eagerly anticipate, not just because the VP has a way with words and is well regarded as a Bibliophile, the speech comes on the back of his impressive presentation last year. Beyond that is the…
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El-Rufai’s allegation of tenure extension: ADC admittance of defeat at 2027 poll, by Kola Amzat
Suddenly, El Rufai has become a football object being kicked from one end of the field to another. Without a shadow of doubt, he’s allowed his exclusion from the federal cabinet to cloud his sense of reasoning, stumbling from one controversy to another, in his quest to become politically relevant. With his rich political antecedents of being Director General, Bureau…
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National Library: Oluremi Tinubu’s unforgettable intervention, by Olabode Opeseitan
She didn’t just mark a birthday. She marked a turning point. With ₦20.7 billion raised under the Oluremi @65 Education Fund, Nigeria’s First Lady has reignited hope for a national monument long abandoned—the National Library Headquarters in Abuja. Initiated in 2006, stalled for nearly two decades, and now revived not by decree, but by quiet resolve. The completion cost stands…
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The cop Buhari loved, by Femi Adesina
He and some other senior policemen had been demoted, I think from Commissioner of Police (CP) to Deputy Commissioner. It was untidy and unjust. I had known Mr Solomon Arase when he was serving as Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun. A very efficient officer and good man, if ever there was one. When he,…
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A nation on the rise: 10 signs of an economy on rebound, by Olabode Opeseitan
Nigeria hasn’t seen times this good in recent history. Today, it is one wave of good news after another — a powerful tale of a country once weighed down by policy missteps, now rising at last toward her full promise. Here are 10 undeniable signs that Nigeria is turning the corner: Trade with China surged to $15.48 billion in the…
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Lagos’s green frontier: Balancing ambition and action in coastal resilience, by Babajide Fadoju
Lagos, Nigeria’s vibrant economic hub, pulses with the energy of over 22 million people, all living on the edge of a precarious coastal shelf. Here, the realities of climate change, rising seas, torrential rains, and sprawling waste aren’t distant threats but daily challenges. Yet, in the face of these pressures, Lagos is stepping up with bold moves to protect its…
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Rashidi Ladoja: From the gut punch of betrayal to the quiet strength of a king – By Temitope Abegunde
Picture this: it is a hot, tense morning in Ibadan back in January 2006. Rashidi Ladoja, the man who’d poured his heart into fixing roads, schools, and the daily grind for everyday folks in Oyo State, wakes up to find his world crumbling. Armed thugs from the transport union, rough, street-hardened guys loyal to a powerful godfather storm the state…
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Tinubu-for-life. For where? By Reuben Abati
By some curious coincidence, the subject of tenure elongation and extension of Presidential term limits caught the headlines in the last few days in Nigeria. In Accra, Ghana, at an event organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chair of the occasion, was reported as having said that he did not, ahead of the 2007 general elections, seek…
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Olubadan Ladoja: a principled man for a principled stool, by Olabode Opeseitan
As Oba Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja, the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland, ascends the throne, he brings with him three timeless virtues—integrity, character, and simplicity. These are not mere words but the very essence defining his life and leadership. His emergence symbolizes a moral reset—a return to the values that once grounded our society but which have been eroded by moral decadence.…
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The times have changed in Nigeria’s downstream sector, by Femi Otedola
Congratulations to my dear brother, Aliko Dangote, on the success achieved so far since the Dangote Refinery commenced operations. It is a historic leap for Nigeria’s energy independence and economic future. But more importantly, credit must go to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for doing what no other leader before him had the political will to execute, the full deregulation of…
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