Perspectives
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Lagos: The smell that everyone is hooked on, by Uche Nnadozie
Lagos is a city like no other. Spanning less than 4,000 square kilometers — a third of which is water — it is home to over 20 million people. It is Nigeria’s smallest state by land mass, yet its largest by population and economic activity. It is a city that never sleeps, always moving, constantly buzzing, full of contrasts and…
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FG debt of N45bn owed to Aare MKO: urgent need for restitution, by Kola Amzat
Since 70’s, precisely during the military era of assassinated General Ramat Murtala Muhammed, Federal government has reportedly been owing late Aare Moshood Kashimawo Olawale ABIOLA, the winner of annulled 1993 presidential election, a whopping sum of ₦45 billion. The beauty of this development: It has never been denied or controverted, that the debt obligation is there! It’s just that the…
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Peter Nwaebonyi: Always talking before thinking! By Olawale Olaleye
One of the overfed parasites, who found a comfortable nest in the senate, after joining the “idlers’ club” and has been feasting on the nation’s common patrimony since 2023, exposed his shallowness recently when he proposed an indecent bill for want of what to put against his name. He calls himself Peter Onyekachi Nwaebonyi. He’s a senator from Ebonyi State…
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Key highlights of Nigeria’s special relationship with the Vatican, by Otega Ogra
Nigeria and the Vatican share a rich, decades-long relationship rooted in diplomacy, faith, and shared values. As President Bola Tinubu joins world leaders in Rome for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, here are 10 fast facts about the ties between the world’s smallest state (The Vatican) and Africa’s largest Catholic powerhouse (Nigeria) that you should know: The Vatican is…
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Professor Ladipo Adamolekun, the man who knows the road, by Dare Babarinsa
We salute Professor Oladipo Adamolekun for his courage and persistence in providing solutions to our political and social problems even when we are unwilling to take his prescriptions. He has unveiled a new book, Reflections on Governance and Development in Nigeria. He is a tireless advocate of our possibilities. He is a man of ideas for he believes, like most…
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How to crown an impostor, by Azu Ishiekwene
Burkinabe leader Ibrahim Traore is acting like a rock star. It’s not entirely his fault. He’s receiving a lot of help from dozens of social media users, especially TikTokers, who are desperate to anoint him as the best thing to come out of Burkina Faso since Thomas Sankara. Traore must be enjoying it, because even though he is pretending, he…
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JAMB’s fiasco is horrible, but it’s not unexampled–By Farooq A. Kperogi
The server glitch that led to unnaturally high failure rates in Lagos and southeast states in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has alarmed the nation and provoked intense, impassioned debates about the integrity of computer-based standardized tests. There are also the predictably shallow, bigoted attacks on the ethnicity, religious affiliation, and field of scholarly specialization…
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Lagos’ unflinching steward in the fight for environmental justice, by Babajide Fadoju
In a city where the line between order and chaos is as thin as a mangrove’s root, Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos’ Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, has chosen a path few leaders dare tread. His methods—deemed draconian by critics—have drawn protests, lawsuits, and vitriol. Bulldozers demolish illegal markets. Styrofoam vendors are cautioned. Yet beneath the clamor lies an inconvenient…
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Oloyede needs to cry some more — for Mmesoma — by Innocent Raphael
By all means, let JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede weep. Let his tears pour like the heartbreak his board has caused tens of thousands of Nigerian students over the years. But if Oloyede’s recent emotional press conference over the 2025 UTME glitch was meant to close a chapter, he needs to know it barely opens one. His tears, though slightly…
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Ink, Ideas, and Immortality: A tribute to Suleman Momoh, by Steve Babaeko
On January 8, 2001, I joined Prima Garnet, then the Ogilvy agency in Nigeria, as a Copywriter. Part of the agency’s welcome ritual was a physical introduction—new hires were paraded through each department, shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries. It was during this rite of passage that I first met Suleman Momoh. He had a warm smile and an air of…
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