Perspectives
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Adeleke and the APC gamble: a looming storm in Osun politics, by AbdurRahman Adegunju
Should Governor Adeleke, against all odds, cross over to the APC, the political landscape of Osun State will be hit by a tremor of seismic proportions. Here’s what is bound to happen: The Osun PDP will collapse like a house of cards. Devoid of its sole financier and political strongman, the party will be reduced to a shadow of its…
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When obsession becomes a curse: the Datti-Baba Ahmed example, by Stanley Nkwocha
On a day Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON, began by attending the 2025 World Cassava Day ceremony in Abuja, where he declared the potential of cassava as a key driver of Nigeria’s industrial development and import substitution following the diversification drive of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, before returning to the office to inaugurate the board of the National Credit…
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OSUN 2026: Silencing the opposition, intolerance of Adeleke-led PDP govt, by Tunde Faleye
On July 2nd, a letter was hurriedly issued by Governor Ademola Adeleke, through a government agency, to stop the erection of a campaign billboard for Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), at Ogooluwa—a clear reactionary move that came only a day after the billboard was mounted on July 1st. This abrupt action was not only suspicious in timing but also hypocritical…
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WAES: From $208bn trade to economic rebirth in West Africa, by Omoniyi Joshua
At the heart of the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) 2025, held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, lies a bold ambition: to significantly increase intra-regional trade within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which currently averages just $208bn annually. More than a gathering of political leaders and economic experts, WAES signals a critical turning point in…
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My work with Oba Otudeko, the Chairman of Chairmen, by Emeka Oparah
Those who have followed the history of the Nigerian mobile telecommunications industry will know the role Mr. Oba Otudeko played alongside Mr. Paschal Dozie and Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, amongst many others. He was our Chairman at Econet Wireless Nigeria. He was also the Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria at the time as well as the Chairman of the Nigerian…
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Danger of the Single Story (DSS), by Azu Ishiekwene
There’s a part of my job that can swallow you whole. Journalists are brought up on a diet whose main ingredients are a deliberate blend of crime, sex, and money. Everything else is a side dish. That’s why if you follow what you read daily in the newspapers, on the radio or TV or any of the online extensions of…
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Questions about Jota and his untimely death, by Kelechi Deca
“Power is Nothing Without Control.” – Pirelli (advertising copy) The news of the death of Diogo Jota is a sad one. Not only because he got married to his sweetheart days ago, but also that he is leaving three beautiful kids behind, and died with his brother, in a very painful accident. As a car lover, whenever such accidents happen…
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Guild Of Editors’ meet: questions DG, DSS missed, by Steve Osuji
A SMALL MATTER OF ATTITUDE: It’s something to do with attitude. Indeed, their attitude is very poor. They are still consumed by a sense of overawing military mentality: we the super-humans and they, the bloody civilians. In 2023, at the Guild of Editors gathering in Owerri, Imo State, the special guest was Mr Nuhu Ribadu, the sitting National Security Adviser…
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No loss, all gain: how the ADC merger works in APC’s favour, by Festus Keyamo
What happened yesterday with the movement of the so-called ‘coalition’ into the ADC is the greatest factor that has strengthened the APC ahead of the 2027 elections. Let me explain. By law, you cannot operate from, or belong to, two or multiple political parties, so it is safe to say that their open declaration for ADC yesterday is a clear…
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Tinubu, Arewa and Ismaeel Ahmed, by Tahir Ibrahim Tahir
Published twice, and last published on the 22nd of June 2025, my article titled “Tinubu and Arewa” read thus: “Back in 2011, when the CPC/ACN merger talks stalled, I ran into a livid Ismaeel Ahmed Esq., a friend from way back in uni, who had delved into national politics and was keen on the success of the merger. I remember…
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