Perspectives
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Yes, na road we go chop — by Mercy Etim
No, you cannot literally eat concrete, but without it, you will starve. Recently, David Mark, a man who spent at least 16 years as a senator, served as Senate President for eight years, and now leads a faction of the ADC, quipped after acknowledging President Bola Tinubu’s undeniable infrastructure reforms: “Na road we go chop?” The remark attempts to mock…
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Adeyemi the impostor: A crisis Nigeria must not waste — by Olabode Opeseitan
Nigeria’s governance architecture has been stressed by many crises, but few have exposed its institutional vulnerabilities as starkly as the phony council affair involving Adeniyi Adeyemi. When systems are stressed, outrage is a distraction; nations do not become resilient by venting, but by learning. The real work of statecraft is not the performance of indignation. It is the disciplined construction…
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Tinubu and his one-chance opponents — by Bolaji Adebiyi
The series of legal setbacks suffered by opposition politicians stemmed from their lack of due diligence, writes Bolaji Adebiyi It is an ironic twist. Receiving Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s former presidential candidate, and his New Nigeria Democratic Party colleague, Rabiu Kwankwaso, into the Nigeria Democratic Congress, the NDC national leader, Seriake Dickson, mocked the African Democratic Congress. “Welcome to…
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The cost of turning on Africa — by Aderemi Ogunpitan
Every nation has the right to secure its borders and enforce its immigration laws. But there is a profound difference between protecting a border and turning fellow Africans into convenient enemies, punchbags and destroying their legitimate businesses. South Africa’s growing culture of xenophobia is not solving unemployment, crime, corruption, failing public services or economic decline. It is merely providing politicians…
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The age of the cheap kill: Why asymmetric warfare now decides wars — by Lim Tean
For three centuries, the calculus of war was brutally simple: mass beats weakness. Bigger armies, bigger navies, bigger budgets won. Clausewitz codified it, the World Wars proved it, and the Pentagon spent eighty years building an entire strategic culture around it. That calculus is now dead. Ukraine and Iran, two states with no business defeating the powers arrayed against them,…
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NDC, Peter Obi; Whither!, by Kola Amzat
In his innermost mind, Mr. Peter Obi is well aware of the fact that he has no chance whatsoever as far as the 2027 presidential duel is concerned. Just as he was roundly overwhelmed in the 2023 polls, of course, he’s aware that he wouldn’t escape another round of crushing defeat if he ever makes it to the ballot paper…
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Thumbs up for Oga Bello at 65 — by Tunde Akanni
In a country where officialdom is often weighed down by bureaucracy, territoriality and needless rigidity, encounters with genuinely humane public officers are rarities. Indeed, many public officials in Nigeria erect invisible walls around themselves, making access difficult and possible collaborations even more daunting. Tunji Bello, Journalist, Lawyer and Veteran Public Servant and current Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive of the Federal Competition…
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Gradually, the identity of Nigeria’s real enemies is being exposed — by Olabode Opeseitan
Nigeria is living through a security reckoning. The signs are everywhere. Farmers abandon their fields. Students fear the road to school. Investors hesitate. Communities panic at the sound of distant gunfire. A nation of over 200 million people is being threatened by criminal networks that thrive in ungoverned spaces and exploit a policing system stretched far beyond its limits. Insecurity…
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How your village is following you everywhere — by Abiodun Adeniyi
First, the village referred to here is the original place, easily identified as your ancestral resting place. It is the place parents told you that you hail from. It could be a place of birth, a place where you grew up from childhood, and where you heard that your forefathers are from. It is also the place where you probably…
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PFIPC controversy: Nigerians deserve honest answers — by Aderemi Ogunpitan
The controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council goes beyond accusations against one individual. It raises a much bigger question about how government operates and how public money is managed. Governments make mistakes. What matters is how quickly they explain them and how transparent they are in putting the facts before the public. In this case, the Presidency…
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