Perspectives
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Broda Shaggi: A wake-up call for Nigeria’s struggling healthcare system — by Damilola Akinwale
For many Nigerians, the real test of a healthcare system is not how many hospitals it has, but whether people can get the right treatment when they need it most. For popular skitmaker Samuel Perry, better known as Broda Shaggi, this became a matter of life and death after he was hit by a stray bullet. In a testimony shared…
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The bone of our bones: A tribute to Lade Bonuola at 80 — by Babafemi Ojudu
There are journalists, and there are journalists who make other journalists. Mr Oyinlade Bonuola — Lade Bonuola to the public and Ladbone to generations of Nigerian newspapermen and women — belongs firmly to the latter category. He is what I would describe, without hesitation, as a journalist’s journalist: a consummate professional, a teacher of teachers, an editor of editors and…
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Chinua Achebe Airport, Umueri, and the curious case of the alleged duopoly — by Fred Chukwuelobe
Before accusing Air Peace and United Nigeria Airlines of monopolising the skies over Anambra, perhaps we should ask why other airlines are not flying to Chinua Achebe Airport, Umueri, why passenger traffic remains low for most of the year, and what the state government has done to make the airport commercially attractive. The allegation of duopoly and high ticket fares…
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One-on-one with Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat on LTV — by Bola Bolawole
Yesterday, Tuesday, October 20, 2026, I was invited by my professional colleagues at the Lagos Television (LTV), Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos as an analyst to review the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat’s face-to-face grilling by a team of top LTV journalists. LTV tagged the encounter “One-on-one with Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamfat” but the Deputy Governor caused roaring laughter…
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The last of the Awoists: The life and times of Pa Reuben Fasoranti — by Kazeem Tiamiyu
When a 100-year-old man dies, they say an archive burns. When Pa Reuben Fasoranti died on Tuesday, what burned was not just an archive, but the last bridge linking the Action Group classroom to the Afenifere living room. The call came from Akure. It was short, solemn and final. Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in a personally signed statement on…
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The passage of my former principal — by Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu
Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Patriot, Scholar , Educationist, an ordained Reverend and Activist has now transitioned to an higher calling. A first impression of my former Principal at Olivet is that of some intense withdrawal of exemplary leadership that had no reason to announce its authority. No reason to holler his presence. He was without the slightest forcefulness of the authoritarian…
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Why I wrote a Hausa book on Tinubu? — by Mukhtar Sagir Dambatta
I spent more than one and a half years researching and writing a Hausa book on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, documenting his political journey, leadership, projects and achievements across Nigeria’s 19 Northern states, as well as political appointments given to people from the region. My decision to write the book in Hausa was deliberate. Hausa is widely spoken across Northern…
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Peter Obi: Telling hungry family no is un‑African — by Olabode Opeseitan
Mr. Peter Obi told Nigerians in the UK to say “No” to relatives asking for help, even as his own supporters urge the same diaspora to send money to mobilise voters. At a Manchester town hall he said: “You have people at home in Nigeria today who are begging you for money. Tell them no.” Weeks earlier, Obidient Connect, a…
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Peter Obi’s most annoying lie — by Michael Chibuzo
NDC Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has claimed several times that as Governor of Anambra State, he moved Anambra from No. 26 in Nigeria to the No. 1 position in education in Nigeria. For me, this is Obi’s most annoying lie. In 2022, many were too blinded by Obi’s packaging to really pause for a moment to interrogate most of…
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RE: Blair “has questions to answer” over support for Britain while advising Nigeria — by Kehinde Bamigbetan
After reading this article, particularly the denials from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and the Federal Government of Nigeria, one is bound to question the editorial judgment that gives this piece any value. In short, what did Gordon Rainer set out to do with this publication? Put a shine on Jupiter’s false and thoroughly empty narrative? Set up…
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