Perspectives
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Who created the hunger? Produce your proof — by Folorunso Adisa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu asked a Kaduna crowd on Saturday who created the hunger his opponents keep describing, and a stadium built for applause supplied no answer. The names that belong in one were never far away. Rotimi Amaechi, now Atiku Abubakar’s running mate on the ADC ticket, served as President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of Transportation from 2015 to 2022,…
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Christine Lagarde: A case study in breaking glass ceilings — by Kelechi Deca
I met her last week and wanted to book for a quick interview, but she said her schedule was tight, and that she was not in a “media chat” mood. I didn’t know something was cooking. This woman needs studying like a course in a classroom. And she did it with the poise of a synchronized champion swimmer she once…
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The recourse to an aching stomach — by Bolaji Adebiyi
Bolaji Adebiyi examines the possibility of the high cost of living swaying the voters Ali Bello sells bread and fried eggs beneath the expansive Kawo Bridge in Kaduna, the North’s regional capital. Depending on the time of day and their pocket, his customers wash down their meal with either water or tea. With that clientele, he cannot earn enough to…
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Quiet hands, lasting impact — by Olabode Opeseitan
At the University of Ibadan, a new chemical store now stands for safer laboratories and stronger science. It replaces an inadequate open-air storage arrangement in the university’s largest department. The Vice-Chancellor commissioned it with MacArthur Foundation support, and the gift came with little noise. Good philanthropy solves a real problem and then steps back. That restraint goes back to the…
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Nigeria’s poverty paradox: The poor may not be who we think — by Adewale Okoya
I have become increasingly uncomfortable with the way poverty is discussed in Nigeria. Every day, politicians, economists and public commentators remind us that millions of Nigerians are poor. They quote the World Bank, the National Bureau of Statistics and other institutions to support their claims. The impression is that almost everyone outside government and the wealthy elite is struggling to…
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Borrowing to build: Why the cry over FG’s loans misses the point — by Okoi Obono-Obla
There has been unnecessary hue and cry, and indeed very uninformed commentaries concerning the borrowing by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, to the extent that some commentators have derisively dismissed and tagged the administration as a metaphor for a chronic debtor. This reductionism is intellectually lazy and economically illiterate. No serious economy in the world runs without borrowing. The question…
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From reforms to delivery: Our infrastructure investment and growth strategy — by Bola Tinubu
Since 2023, we have made difficult but necessary decisions: removing the petrol subsidy, unifying the exchange rate, modernising the tax framework, and coordinating action on inflation. These reforms have restored macro balance, quadrupled federation revenue since 2021 and rebuilt the credibility of the State’s balance sheet. The results are now visible: real GDP growth reached 4.43% in Q2 2026 and…
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South-East Gas: A new frontier for economic development — by Fredrick Nwabufo
In May 2025, while on an official visit to Anambra State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made a bold, trenchant declaration that reverberated across the entire South-East. He said: ”Anambra and South-East possess huge gas reserves, yet the region has been largely bypassed by the national gas masterplan. I assure you that this will be rectified.” In statecraft, execution is the…
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Orangun to Nairobi: Journey to the heart of agenda 2063 — by Adedokun Abolarin
It started not in Nairobi, but in Oke-Ila Orangun.In 2006, two babies were born in Africa.One was the Adventist University of Africa, on the beautiful hills of Nairobi — established by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to train leaders for Africa.The other was a dream in my heart in Oke-Ila Orangun: that the child of the poorest farmer would…
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Peter Obi and his Igbo backers — by Lasisi Olagunju
Where is Peter Obi? Someone asked that question last Friday. Why, he wondered, had he been somewhat quiet lately? He even missed a town hall meeting with stakeholders in Jos, Plateau State, that same Friday. “That is true,” I told myself, mentally reviewing the popular politician’s recent public engagements. There had not been much to see. I called a very…
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