Perspectives
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Standards are dead: Nigeria and the fakery epidemic, by Ugo Egbujo
Good building materials are gone. Everything is now fake—almost everything. The chronic decline took an acute turn after the COVID epidemic. A post-COVID nosedive. The naira started to plummet, prices soared. Surging costs of basic food began to drown the poor. People could no longer make it, so manufacturers started to fake it. Perhaps to stay alive. These days, almost…
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Rivers: How will history judge Tinubu? By Olawale Olaleye
Often drawing a parallel with some of the poor choices of past leaders appears one of the curses that hinders development and growth of the African giant, Nigeria. Citing bad examples, glibly, to justify and also endorse obnoxious decisions or actions of a leader because he is “one of us” has continued to sink the country further into chasm. One…
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Oba Rasidi Ladoja: The making of a remarkable Olubadan, by Lanre Ogundipe
Ibadan is great in many ways. Remarkable feats and uncommon achievements mark its 200-year history. In the annals of time, the great city has recorded many firsts and continues to set the pace for others to follow. And with its unrelenting quest for distinction framed by its unique socio-cultural and political trajectory, the city of Oluyole will continue to thrive…
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Chagoury, the Lebanese who found home in Nigeria, by Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko
Miziara, with a population of 6,000 people, is a beautiful Lebanese village perched on the Hills of the North Governorate of the country, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. While Lebanon is widely known as a country of diaspora, with more of its people outside the country than within its borders, nowhere is that as pronounced as it is in Miziara, an…
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When the rich roars: the Dangote-NUPENG face-off, by Owei Lakemfa
Aliko Dangote is a likeable man. He is into philanthropism, smiles and even dances in public. However, the issue is not his person but his businesses. In the last few years, he has been engaged in endless fights over the operation of his refinery. But one of the most unnecessary is his fight with workers. Given the large scale media…
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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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