Perspectives
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Dangote Refinery: A monument to Nigeria’s untapped possibility — by Segun Showunmi
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, From the bottom of my heart, I thank you not just on behalf of Nigeria, but for the entire African continent. To witness what you have built at the Dangote Refinery is to confront, in the most tangible way, the scale of what is possible. The vision, the precision, the discipline behind every detail the engineering, the…
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An ode to Nigeria — by Bobby Moroe
As I bid farewell to Nigeria after nine unforgettable years, my heart is full — heavy with goodbye, yet light with gratitude. To the Government of South Africa, I extend my deepest appreciation for entrusting me with the honour of serving our nation in Nigeria for almost a decade. To the Executive, I pay my sincere gratitude for the confidence…
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De-recognised Mark’s ADC faction: Crying wolf where there is none, by Kola Amzat
“He who comes to equity must come with clean hands”. This legal maxim seems very strange to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Senator David Mark and all other recycled politicians who collaborated together to hijack a hitherto fringe party-ADC. In their desperation to unseat the incumbent president after FCT minister, Nyesom Wike hounded them from PDP owing to anti-party activities, they plotted…
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Who should we trust? The man rebuilding or those who caused the ruins? — by Olabode Opeseitan
There is a question every serious nation eventually confronts: Whose voice carries the weight of truth? The voices of those who presided over Nigeria’s long descent into dysfunction, or the sober assessments of global financial institutions that have no stake in our domestic quarrels? The voices of those who helped hollow out the house have returned. They are now insisting…
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Gateway International Airport: Ogun’s bold leap into global aviation and agro-logistics,-By Lekan Adeniran
The commissioning of the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport in Iperu-Ilishan, Ogun State, marks a defining moment in Nigeria’s aviation and economic landscape—one that signals a strategic shift toward regional connectivity, agro-export expansion, and infrastructure-driven development. Officially inaugurated last Saturday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the airport is truly a legacy project with the capacity to reshape Ogun State’s economic future…
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Chido Onumah at 60: celebrating a Nigerian patriot — by Omoniyi Ibietan
In a moment, friends, family members, compatriots and enthusiasts of real development will be listening to Yakubu Aboki Ochefu, a professor of economic history and development studies, who is delivering a lecture titled, FORMATION OR NATION BUILDING: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic, in honour of Onumah who turned 60 today. The lecture will be followed by a…
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Blessing CEO and the theft of suffering — by Akin Olaniyan
There is a particular kind of fraud that the digital age has perfected, and it is not the one involving hacked bank accounts. It is more intimate. It feeds on human sympathy. And when sympathy is weaponised – when a person performs terminal illness for the cameras – we confront an ugly truth about the attention economy. We already know…
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Reinventing Nigeria’s educational system with Africa’s largest schools complex in Lagos — by O’tega Ogra
There is a quiet shift happening in Nigeria’s education system. You will not find it in speeches neither will you find it in long policy documents. But if you look closely, you will see it in something far more difficult to dismiss. Evidence. Last week in San Francisco, at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference, data from classrooms…
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Rethinking Nigeria’s war on insurgency: Why a new approach is urgent — by Kayode Adebiyi
Terrorism, banditry, insurgency, and all forms of violent crime have become stubborn problems in Nigeria. For more than a decade, different administrations have tried to deal with them, yet the results have been limited and, in many cases, temporary. The fact that this crisis has lasted across three to four governments tells us something important. The current approach is simply…
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Roaming vermin: From Kwara to Kebbi — by Folorunso Adisa
A Yoruba proverb warns with chilling clarity: “ Iku tí ń pa ojúgbà ẹni, òwe ńlá ló ń pa fún ni.” The death that visits your neighbour is not silent; it is a message, a warning dressed in tragedy. Nigeria has heard too many of such warnings and ignored them with a dangerous calm. Now, death no longer knocks from…
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