Perspectives
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Orire: The graveyard of an innocent teacher — by Kunle Awosiyan
In 2014, in search of tantalite and other precious stones, I committed several Sundays to a long and arduous journey from Lagos to Ipapo, an agrarian community in Oyo State. To the south of Ipapo lie communities such as Komu, Otu and Saki. To the west are Iganna, Ago-Are and Iwere-Ile. Together with towns like Igboho and Igbeti, they form…
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NDC primaries: A better Abuja is inevitable — by Aisha Yesufu
As the dust settles on the NDC Primaries, I want to set the record straight: I did not quit, I did not drop out of the race. I stayed to the end. I also do not intend to litigate a process that was never truly allowed to happen, I share my truth because the people of Abuja deserve the truth.…
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Who cares about structure? — by Demola Olanrewaju
Seeing reactions to the NDC candidacy processes, I have thoughts but I must first confess regrets on Aisha Yesufu failing to clinch the FCT ticket. Politics aside, I saw secondhand her devotion when she served as Deputy Chair of the ADC membership process. Chairman Kashim Imam had only good things to say about her work. I salute her because I…
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Three years on: Nigeria, the reckoning, and the road to a trillion-dollar economy — by Olabode Opeseitan
I recently came across a LinkedIn post featuring a throwback photograph of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signing the nomination form for Professor Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2015 election. The photograph was unremarkable in itself. What stopped me cold were the comments beneath it. The contributors were not street-corner agitators. They were educated professionals: engineers, finance managers, operations specialists, MBA…
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Live TV lesson: Reuben Abati or not, the producer is in charge — by Babs Daramola
I watched with some dismay this morning Reuben Abati snapping at his producer live on The Morning Show on Arise TV, after apparently being asked through his earpiece to round off his analysis. As someone grounded in the culture and operational realities of broadcasting, I found the moment deeply unprofessional. And this is not even an isolated incident. That is…
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27 years later: Democracy survives, but the republic must mature — by Segun Showunmi
Twenty-seven years of uninterrupted democratic rule in Nigeria is no small achievement. In a country as vast, emotional, diverse, wounded, hopeful, complicated, and restless as ours, the mere continuity of civilian governance deserves acknowledgment. Nations have collapsed under far less pressure. Ours has endured. That matters. From 1999 till now, Nigeria has stumbled, crawled, argued, protested, litigated, campaigned, and survived…
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Renewed Hope delivered: Three years of the Tinubu administration — by Mohammed Idris
Today marks the third anniversary of the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and an opportunity to reflect on the very concrete achievements of the Renewed Hope agenda – a comprehensive eight-point vision designed to touch the lives of every Nigerian and reposition our country. The agenda – spanning energy and natural resources, agriculture, national security, macroeconomic reform, infrastructure, human…
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Artificial intelligence, industrialisation and lessons from Chinese automakers — by Osita Chidoka
This morning, I read McKinsey’s article “The AI assembly line: Strategic imperatives for CEOs” (13 May 2026), and one statistic stood out to me. Chinese carmakers have collapsed the development cycle for a new vehicle to twenty-four months. By weaving AI into research, design, and software integration, they have lowered the barrier so dramatically that over 50 new electric vehicle…
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United We Stand: Inside President Tinubu’s national unity agenda, By Fredrick Nwabufo
In certain social silos, it is common to hear uncomplimentary comments about Nigeria’s unity and the chances of bridging the fault lines. My position has always been that where leadership aspires to the loftiest of ideals, change is possible, even if it is incremental. In multi-ethnic societies like Nigeria, achieving homogeneity in ideas and absolute alignment on certain matters may…
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A teacher’s head and a nation’s shame — by Folorunso Adisa
These are anxious times in Oyo State. Across communities in Oriire Local Government Area, fear now travels faster than traffic and arrives long before dusk. The recent abduction of teachers and pupils along the Ahoro-Esiele and Yawota axis has shaken public confidence, but the reported killing and decapitation of mathematics teacher, Mr. Michael Oyedokun has done something far worse. His…
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