Perspectives
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Rotimi Amaechi, ADC and the puritanic Obidients — by Chioma Ahaghotu
The folks losing their minds because Rotimi Amaechi showed up at the NASS protest are unserious. Completely unserious. You’re shocked that a career politician in opposition is present at a political protest? In Nigeria? After everything we’ve seen? When Peter Obi joined ADC, did you suddenly think the party was run by angels? You didn’t know that the same political…
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Fayose’s relentless commentary on Seyi Makinde — by Bamidele Johnson
If Nigerian politics had a streaming service, Ayo Fayose would already be deep into Season Six of his commentary on Seyi Makinde. No breaks. Just episode after episode. Relentless. Just relentless. Nigerian politics thrives on voluble personalities and Fayose has never been interested in being a background character. He is a headline enthusiast and studio rat (apology to wharf rats).…
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Atiku Abubakar: From political heavyweight to perennial presidential contender — by Tony Ogbetere
There was a time in Nigerian politics when Atiku Abubakar was more powerful than the President he served under. By 2003, Atiku was arguably the most influential politician in Nigeria—so powerful that most state governors of that era were ready to abandon President Olusegun Obasanjo and line up behind him. It has been widely alleged that Obasanjo had to personally…
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Why Kwankwaso was singled out in a US bill — by Farooq Kperogi
I was initially surprised, shocked even, that of all northern Nigerian Muslim politicians, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was the one Republican congressmen singled out for a possible visa ban and asset freeze in their “Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026” bill. Daily Trust’s explainer, which I will return to shortly, clarified the logic for me. Anyone with even the…
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Open Letter to Uncle Kunle Afolayan — by Gbemisola Falona
The very first time I encountered your screen power was The Figurine. That movie was a hypnotic collision of myth and modernity, yes it is a slow-burn psychological thriller, but one that blurred the line between coincidence and curse, leaving viewers suspended between fate and free will. I didn’t just watch it; it lingered. It made me fall in love…
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Matthew Tolangha: A great man, indeed! — by Kola Amzat
On the first page of The Nation Newspapers of February 05, 2026, was a tribute by President Bola Tinubu (GCFR) aimed at celebrating and felicitating with Engr. Matthew Tonlagha, Chairman, Maton Engineering Company on his 50th Birthday Anniversary Ceremony. Even though, the president is accustomed to rejoice and celebrate accomplished Nigerians in diverse fields of endeavors on their birthdays, since…
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Wonder science centre in Yobe — by Mahmud Jega
Africa and the world has known at least since the discovery in 1987 of the 8,000-year-old Dufuna canoe, the oldest such canoe ever found in Africa, that human civilization is old and glorious in Yobe State. However, many Nigerians, Africans and the world are just finding out that glorious cutting-edge scientific research is also domiciled in Yobe. What with the…
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Biodun Jeyifo: End of an era in African literary scholarship — by Sola Adeyemi
Biodun Jeyifo, who has died at the age of eighty, was one of the most formidable and beloved figures in African letters: a critic of rare moral clarity, a teacher whose influence spanned continents, a playwright and poet whose creative imagination was inseparable from his political commitments, and a family man whose gentleness at home stood in striking, endearing contrast…
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A verbal diarrhea called Nasir El-rufai – by Olabode Opeseitan
There are political downfalls that arrive quietly, like a candle losing its flame. Then there are collapses so loud, so graceless, so self‑inflicted that the society watching can only wince. Nasir Ahmad El‑Rufai belongs firmly in the second category. His descent from a once‑influential technocrat to a roaming megaphone of bitterness is not just a personal tragedy. It is a…
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How the Senate silenced the election results transmission wailers — by Victor Okebunmi
“He who digs a pit for others must be careful not to fall into it.” – African Proverb There is something almost poetic about how certain perennial presidential hopefuls discover democracy afresh whenever an election cycle approaches. For years, governance was complex. Reform was gradual. Infrastructure took time. But suddenly, electronic transmission of results has become the sacred cow around…
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