Perspectives
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Energy in Nigeria: Tinubu’s reforms and the push from potential to reality — by Olu Verheijen
Distinguished members of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, Your Excellency the British Deputy High Commissioner, captains of industry, investors, regulators, development partners, ladies and gentlemen — good morning. We meet under a theme that captures both the challenge and the promise of our time: energy in Nigeria, from potential to reality. Nigeria has never lacked potential. We have oil. We…
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Alake’s bold mining reforms under Tinubu signal a new economic future for Nigeria — by Arabinrin Aderonke
Nigeria’s economic future may no longer depend solely on oil. Increasingly, the country’s vast mineral resources are emerging as a major driver of economic growth, industrialisation, and long-term prosperity. The recent announcement by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, at the 5th African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS), points to what could become one of the…
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‘Naija no dey carry last’ as a national identity — by Seye Oladejo
“Naija no dey carry last” is more than a popular street expression. It is a powerful declaration of the Nigerian spirit. It encapsulates our collective resilience, our innate competitiveness, our unyielding optimism, and our uncanny ability to excel despite overwhelming odds. From the bustling streets of Lagos to the classrooms of Europe and North America, from global concert stages to…
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu at 61: A legacy of service to Lagos — by Gboyega Akosile
Every public leader eventually arrives at a moment when the conversation changes. The debates of the day begin to give way to the judgement of history; power gradually yields to legacy. History, after all, is often kinder to reflection than it is to politics. It is in such moments that achievements acquire context, decisions invite deeper scrutiny and the true…
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Re: Ozekhome’s SAN title: Precedence and matters arising — by Richard Akinnola
In 2018, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Dr Joseph Nwobike was tried at the High court by the EFCC for perverting justice. At the end of the trial, he was jailed 30 days. Immediately after his conviction, the Legal practioners privileges Committee (LPPC) suspended his SAN title.The decision of the LPPC read inter alia:“…This is sequel to his conviction…
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When F.R.A Williams asked Supreme Court to overrule itself — by Richard Akinnola
His intellectual endowment aside, his presentational style and manner of articulating his views in clear, lucid format which made it easy to comprehend his arguments, added up to the substance of an enigmatic profile of Nigeria’s first SAN.It was this drive and resourcefulness that often prodded this legal icon to seek new frontiers in our law, trudging new terrains of…
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Nigeria’s greatest obstacle may be its opinion of itself — by Folabi Ogunleye
_”A nation’s future is shaped not only by the quality of its institutions or the wisdom of its leaders, but also by the stories its people tell themselves about who they are and what they can become.” AMONG THE MOST DAMAGING OBSTACLES to Nigeria’s development is a peculiar psychological contradiction: the coexistence of misplaced arrogance and a deep-seated inferiority complex.…
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Land abandonment and the security crisis in Yorubaland — by Gbenga Daramola
The growing incidence of banditry and kidnapping across Yoruba land has become one of the most disturbing security challenges of our time. While many analyses focus on the immediate criminal activities and the ethnic dimensions often associated with them, a deeper and more structural examination reveals that rural-urban migration, land abandonment, and the neglect of agricultural settlements have significantly contributed…
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Call for resignation: Peter Obi cuts a pitiable figure, needs schooling — by Sunday Dare
His latest call for President Bola Tinubu to resign is not the intervention of a statesman. It is the outburst of a politician who appears increasingly unable to distinguish between political opposition and constitutional reality. For months, Nigerians have watched Obi drift steadily from the measured and restrained image that once earned him admiration across sections of the country. What…
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The courage to reform: A prayer for President Tinubu — by Segun Showunmi
It is difficult not to recognize the enormity of the work being undertaken at this moment in our nation’s history. The reforms may not always be immediately visible to those focused on present discomforts, but some of us can appreciate the scale of the structural changes required to secure Nigeria’s future. Many of these are the kinds of difficult decisions…
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