Perspectives
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Granite, ledger, and lineage: Reading Wale Edun through Egba history — by Segun Showunmi
In a country often captivated by improvisation, it is easy to miss the quieter tradition of governance that does not announce itself with spectacle. Yet, in the figure of Wale Edun, there is a discernible continuity one that runs from the granite outcrops of Abeokuta into the modern architecture of Nigerian fiscal policy. This is not merely biography; it is…
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Confronting scarcity amid surplus: Zacch Adedeji’s mission to block revenue leakages- by Kehinde Olaosebikan
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s pledge last week to end revenue leakages in the Federal Government may have been received with scepticism by many Nigerians but it must be sweet music in the ears of both policy experts and Nigeria’s development partners. Since his assumption of office in 2023, local observers and international financial institutions alike have struggled to square the…
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Between Ambode and Hamzat: The choice for Lagos GAC — by Adejare Ibrahim
“If you were President Tinubu or a member of the GAC, would you choose Ambode again? Some of you don’t understand the meaning of loyalty in politics and life in general. In 2014, Akinwumi Ambode was single-handedly picked by the elders of Lagos APC and made the governor of Lagos State on a platter. With the support of Jagaban, he…
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For Wale Edun, it is thank you for your service — by Kayode Oyedeji
We may not know exactly the circumstances leading to his exit but his works speak for him. He has helped the President steered Nigeria away from Harare and rescued Nigeria from bankruptcy. The reforms are not easy. It takes courage and conviction to undertake delicate reforms that will alter the structure and dynamics of our economy for life and for…
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Contextualising President Tinubu’s electricity promise- by Yusuf Ali
The resurfaced campaign statement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu—“If I don’t give you electricity, don’t vote for me… unless I give you adequate reasons why I couldn’t deliver”—must be understood in its full context, not as a standalone soundbite. First, the President did not make an absolute promise detached from reality. He clearly inserted a condition: “unless I give you…
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Nigeria’s real economic test has left Abuja — by Imoh Bright
Nigeria’s economic debate remains stubbornly fixated on Abuja, as though the country’s future can still be engineered from the centre. That assumption is no longer just outdated; it is analytically wrong. The most consequential phase of Nigeria’s economic story will not be determined by federal policy alone, but by the decisions taken across the 36 states. Abuja may have reset…
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Celebrating our military’s heroic actions across multiple theatres — by Bayo Onanuga
Some Nigerians and armchair analysts are often quick to criticise the Federal Government for perceived shortcomings in security, highlighting isolated incidents such as kidnappings, improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings, and attacks in parts of the country. Such perceptions, however, tend to downplay and discount the heroic exploits of members of the Nigerian armed forces, saddled with the responsibility of countering…
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How and why bread became unhealthy — by Kelechi Deca
There has been so much controversy over bread in recent years. Not that many are unaware of the said negative health effects but because most people have an unreviewable covenant with bread that they tell themselves to ignore the ‘noises’ out there. Bread is unarguably the most convenient, easily accessible, and available food out there. Thus, the thought of quitting…
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‘I am Jagaban, they can’t scare me’ — by Lasisi Olagunju
“Even a corpse put in a coffin will defeat Tinubu in 2027.” ADC chieftain and northern politician, Buba Galadima, gave that promise at the ADC convention last Tuesday. He was wrong. The corpse, the coffin and the carpenter will be buried by Hurricane Tinubu in the election of next year, unless… Unless what? Unless they remember that he is Jagaban…
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Why Nigeria won’t go back to years of the locusts- by Seye Oladejo
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) considers it imperative to once again remind Nigerians that our nation has irreversibly moved beyond the dark, wasteful, and inglorious era that history will forever remember as the Years of the Locusts. As the 2027 electoral season gradually comes into view, certain familiar political actors, now huddled under the banner…
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