Perspectives
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Post-2027 reform advisory for reprofiling the civil service for next level performance — by Tunji Olaopa
It is the task of the institutional reformer not only to push for concrete reform steps and policies, or take stock of the steady achievements of reform articulation and implementation. It is also very cogent for the institutional reformer to always stay ahead of political and electoral dynamics. The civil service was founded on its capacity for administrative stability and…
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In Imo, the Renewed Hope transformation is real — by Babajide Fadoju
From the crumbling Owerri–Okigwe highway that once broke axles and spirits to the revived FUTO teaching hospital now receiving referrals, and from the upgraded College of Education now reborn as a university to the Sam Mbakwe Airport handling more cargo than ever, this roving reporter found that the federal-state synergy under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Hope Uzodimma is…
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Projected 12 million votes: APC’S NWC and leadership hierarchy should be more ambitious, by Kola Amzat
Based on the World meter’s elaboration of the latest United Nations of July 09, 2026, the Nigeria current population stood at 242.4 million. However, it’s bad enough that of this huge population, the registered voters have only crossed about 100 millPROJECTED 12 MILLION VOTES: APC’S NWC AND Lion mark, with about 90 million PVs collection recorded. It’s also absurd that…
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TRIBUTE: Olusegun Osoba: A brother in purpose — by Bola Tinubu
I have known Aremo Chief Olusegun Osoba for so many years that we could easily write a book about one another. His hearty laughter when sharing a joke, his stern expression when focused, and his depth in moments of decision are all familiar to me. Behind the titles, the pen, and the politics, stands a man whose first instinct is…
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The challenge with ranking books — by Bolaji Adebiyi
The new National Book Ranking Policy may cause unintended damage to the nation’s publishing industry, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Another storm is gathering in Nigeria’s education sector. At the end of April this year, the Federal Ministry of Education promulgated the National Book Ranking Policy, which limits approved textbooks to the top seven per subject for three years and bans the…
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Olusegun Osoba at 87: The weight of a life well lived — by Lanre Ogundipe
There are birthdays that merely add another year to a man’s life. There are others that compel society to pause, not to count the years, but to measure the influence those years have deposited upon humanity. Such occasions are less about age than about legacy; less about longevity than about significance. The eighty-seventh birthday of Aremo Olusegun Osoba belongs unmistakably…
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Daughter of migrants, hardliner on migrants: Badenoch’s double standard — by Olabode Opeseitan
Kemi Badenoch has become one of Britain’s most consequential migration hawks, and one of its most complicated migration stories. She is the child of Nigerian parents, the beneficiary of a British system that let her rise, and now the voice of a politics that treats immigration as a national burden rather than a national asset. The contradiction is not subtle.…
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Davido needs new jacket after Oriire rescue – by Seye Oladejo
The successful rescue of the Oriire school children and their teachers from the den of their abductors should ordinarily unite Nigerians in celebration. Regardless of political affiliation, ethnicity or social status, every decent citizen should rejoice that innocent lives have been restored to their families. This is one victory that belongs to Nigeria. It is also a fitting moment to…
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I can’t remember how I became part of the picture — by Taiwo Obe
I can’t remember how I became part of the picture; yes, I am the one first left in the group picture. That was exactly 40 years ago today: 14 July 1986. It was the day the revolutionary magazine, THISWEEK, was birthed in Lagos, Nigeria.As I was saying, I wasn’t the topmost editor on the magazine; I was the pioneer copy…
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More than a retreat, a generation organises itself — by O’tega Ogra
There are moments in politics when speeches are enough, and there are moments when structures matter more than slogans. What is unfolding this week in Abuja belongs firmly to the second category. On Monday evening July 13, 2026, the City Boy Movement opened its maiden National Retreat with an act that many political gatherings in Nigeria would consider an afterthought:…
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