Perspectives
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Speculation as classified information : Atiku’s $1.2 million lobbying gamble exposed — by Sunday Dare
The coordinated media blitz orchestrated around a Washington, D.C. advisory firm is not an intelligence breakthrough; it is a clinical demonstration of desperation. The bankruptcy of Atiku’s 2027 political agenda is writ-large in the unmasking of the lobby firm he hired. Strip away the hyperbolic prose, the counterfeit urgency, and the grandiose invocations of classified espionage, and what remains is…
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Nigeria’s journalists, one death too many and the families left behind — by Blaise Udunze
Another Nigerian journalist is dead. The newsroom mourns. Photographs flood WhatsApp platforms. Colleagues and their readers or listeners write emotional tributes. Media associations issue condolence messages. Politicians describe the deceased as a “great professional.” Friends gather at the funeral. The body is buried. In several cases, the Nigerian journalist is often the first person to arrive when tragedy strikes and…
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The 19 states that will pick Nigeria’s next president — by Kazeem Tiamiyu
With 18 months to go, the road to Aso Rock in 2027 is no longer being paved in Abuja. It’s being fought, ward by ward, in Benue, Rivers, Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos. While political chatter focuses on governors and defections, new data says the real power lies elsewhere. A VIISAUS report analyzing 20 years of elections concludes that 19 “swing…
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The children we sent abroad, the old age we bought — by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
If there is a way out of the sentence we have written for ourselves, it will not come from the children we sent away, and it will not come from the country we abandoned in our hearts, even while our bodies remained in it. It will come only if those of us still standing in the marketplace choose, before it…
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Anambra: Before all our villages become vast slums — by Constance Ikokwu
I’ve been travelling regularly to Anambra in the last four years. I love the village because African villages have a character and soul that cannot be manufactured; their warmth, spaciousness, community, trees, sounds and sense of place tell stories about who we are and where we come from. But I’m concerned that all of this is slowly disappearing before our…
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A riposte to Yinka Olujimi on Atiku’s fuel subsidy catastrophe — by Olabode Opeseitan
Mr Olujimi, the real issue is not whether governments should subsidise citizens. The real issue is what Nigeria’s fuel subsidy became. It was funded with debt, overdrafts and forward-sold crude oil. It hollowed out the economy and pushed the country to the edge of insolvency. These are the facts. In 2022, fuel subsidy consumed 100% of Nigeria’s net oil revenue.…
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Omisore: The ‘Atiku Osun’ who lost 19 of 22 polling units in his ward — by Emmanuel Kupoluyi
The last governorship election in Osun State, where incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke was said to have won 19 local government areas while the APC won in 11, has thrown up a lot of conversations regarding the commitment and loyalty of the party machinery to progressive ideals. Many leaders of the party in Osogbo and Ife are said to have worked…
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Why we must sustain faith in democracy despite Osun election defeat — by Bola Oyebamiji
Dear party members and supporters, you will recall that towards the end of 2025, I declared my intention to contest for the governorship ticket of our great party, the APC. Following extensive consultations with party members across all levels and fruitful engagements with critical stakeholders across the state, we approached the primary election with diligence, unity and confidence. With your…
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Atiku’s subsidy push and echoes of desperation — by Tunde Rahman
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s new policy shift towards bringing back the fuel subsidy is a welcome return to proper political debate and the path of rectitude. It contrasts sharply with his futile search for forged certificates and drug indictments in the run-up to the 2023 election and his latest goof about President Tinubu’s age. Alhaji Atiku stated last week that if…
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Yoruba ethical renaissance: A way to reinvent our national values and rebuild Nigeria — by Ayo Ladigbolu
FIRST WORDS Orin.Ori ogbo l’Eyan o, Baba Nla ori agba l’EyanE si ti d’agba tan, E tun d’oogbo o, Ori ogbo l’Eyan o, Baba wa. Ori ogbo gbayi o, Ipo agba gbayi, E d’Ogbo d’agba oun, E m’agba wu wao Ori ogbo gbayi, Eyin d’ogbo d;Agba tan, E m’agba wu wa o, Baba rere Ta lo so pe Yoruba ko…
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