Perspectives
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Passing the buck to God — by Mahmud Jega
In the very weekend in which the insecurity situation in the country was further magnified by the death in bandits’ custody of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a top security official made a jarring attempt to pass the buck to God. Minister of State for Defence Mohammed Bello Mutawalle was quoted as having said in a BBC Hausa radio interview…
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America borrows power, Nigeria borrows survival, by Blaise Udunze
Findings show that the United States owes more than $36 trillion while Nigeria owes over N159.28 trillion, with external debt now standing at approximately $51.8 billion. At a first glance, when comparing the debt profiles of the world’s largest economy and Africa’s largest economy, it may though seem misplaced. America can borrow almost indefinitely because it issues the world’s reserve…
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SA’s unfinished project: Honouring the vision of the constitution at 30 — by Mbhazima Shilowa
As South Africa marks 30 years since the signing of its Constitution, Mbhazima Shilowa reflects on the gains and failures of the democratic era – and calls on all South Africans to move beyond commemoration and recommit to the unfinished work of building a united, just and prosperous nation its founders envisioned. On 10 December 1996, a few days after…
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State Police and the future of national security – by Seye Oladejo
The passage of the State Police Bill by the House of Representatives represents one of the most consequential legislative milestones in Nigeria’s democratic journey and a major breakthrough in our nation’s battle against insecurity. For years, progressive voices across the country have argued that Nigeria’s security challenges require bold, innovative and constitutionally-backed solutions. The increasing sophistication of criminal networks, the…
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A watershed moment: State police and the future of national security — by Seye Oladejo
The passage of the State Police Bill by the House of Representatives represents one of the most consequential legislative milestones in Nigeria’s democratic journey and a major breakthrough in our nation’s battle against insecurity. For years, progressive voices across the country have argued that Nigeria’s security challenges require bold, innovative and constitutionally-backed solutions. The increasing sophistication of criminal networks, the…
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Northern Nigeria will soon kill Nigeria — by Lasisi Olagunju
President Bola Tinubu, in his June 12 broadcast, condemned terrorists and their work but told us not to “assign blame or point fingers” because “crime has no ethnicity.” Crime may indeed have no ethnicity, but that does not relieve us of the duty to identify the environment that breeds and sustains it. A desert does not cease to be a…
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Ebonyi’s transformation: How subsidy removal and a focused governor are resetting the narrative — by Babajide Fadoju
For years, Ebonyi State was spoken of in terms of what it lacked: good roads, modern hospitals, affordable housing, and world‑class schools. It was the “newest” state in the South‑East, often left behind in infrastructure rankings, its rural communities cut off by impassable roads, its capital city struggling to shed the image of a sleepy administrative outpost. But a quiet…
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The FDI kerfuffle and the need for young Nigerians to reorientate their thinking about the economy — by Tope Fasua
It’s almost uncanny that when I get thinking about an issue around the economy lately, events conspire to push such matters to the front burner of public discourse. This time, it is about the matter of investment. Nairametrics’ take on the subject matter has got many pundits – in and out of government – chiming in with their perspective. For…
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Shuaibu Husseini and the transformation at NFVCB — by Benneth Nwankwo
Any filmmaker who has spent real time in this industry knows what it used to mean to submit a film for classification. You would submit and then wait for weeks and sometimes months. While you wait, your schedule is falling apart while your project sat in a queue somewhere in Abuja. That experience has defined how most filmmakers in our…
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Why I supported Obi in 2022 — and why my view changed — by Olusegun Aigbogun
In 2021, I argued that Nigeria needed to give the South East, specifically an Igbo candidate, a fair chance at the presidency. For decades, the region had felt politically marginalized, and if we were committed to balancing regional equity and shared responsibility for Nigeria’s future, then supporting an Igbo candidate seemed like the right step. When Peter Obi emerged, I…
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