Perspectives
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Kwakwanso, Obi and Makinde: all motion, no movement!, by Kola Amzat
Snails belong to animal colonies called gastropods which are soft-bodied and invertebrates. They are on the same spot all the time. Not for lack of motion, nor for lack of desire to move. Indeed, there is plenty of motion around them, even more than other animals in their group, but they simply don’t move. They are rooted on the same…
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Beyond the red carpet: The UK state visit is an investment in Nigeria’s future — by Wale Edun
President Bola Tinubu (middle) witnessed the signing of the £746 million financing agreement by Nigeria’s finance ministry, led by Wale Edun (3rd), and UK minister of small business and economic transformation, Blair McDougall (1st), to modernise Apapa and Tin Can Island ports. As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Prime Minister Keir Starmer met at 10 Downing Street to discuss the…
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The bankrupt oracle: Chatham House and the politics of misreading Nigeria — by Olabode Opeseitan
On certain mornings in London, when the fog hangs low over St. James’s Square and the air carries that faint metallic chill peculiar to the city, a familiar procession unfolds. Nigerian politicians, decked in tailored coats and the quiet tension of ambition, step out of black cars and walk toward the Georgian façade of Chatham House. They move with the…
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POSTSCRIPT: From intent to outcomes — President Tinubu’s state visit to the United Kingdom — by Sunday Dare
If President Tinubu’s visit to London was framed as a strategic reset, its conclusion has now provided something more important: proper evidence of execution. What was once a relationship sustained by legacy is now being redefined by leverage- capital inflows, systems alignments, priorities convergence and stronger economic collaboration. From Washington to Moscow, from the Skylines of China to Japan and…
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Luvvie Ajayi and all the accolades she deserves — by Connor Gillivan
She moved from Nigeria to Chicago at nine years old. Walked into a classroom where she was the new girl, the only one with an accent, and a minority for the first time in her life. She taught herself to lose the accent by mimicking her classmates. In 2003, she started a blog from her college dorm room. Just writing.…
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The death of preparation: What Omotola’s viral interview reveals about modern journalism — by Bamidele Johnson
One morning, as part of the 15th anniversary of The NEWS Magazine, there were media interviews lined up with members of the founding team, our Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, walked into the boardroom to meet a journalist who had been waiting. My office, which I shared with Demola Adegbamigbe, was right next door. In about the length of time an…
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Why couldn’t Nigeria build what Iran built under sanctions? — by Gimba Kakanda
Aside from the obvious fact that Iran is not just an old country but one of the world’s oldest continuous civilisational states, with a deep cultural memory and a durable sense of historical self, the real difference may be simpler: when pressure comes, Iran can still fall back on an idea of itself as a nation, while Nigeria too often…
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APC at a crossroads: The urgency of internal reforms — by Okoi Obono-Obla
It is clear that if urgent steps are not taken by the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party risks implosion. Those currently controlling the levers of power are perceived as unfair and lawless. How can the party, in this era of democracy and under the innovations introduced by the Electoral Act 2026—which has further democratized internal…
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Why Lagos’ return to monthly environmental sanitation matters — by Babajide Fadoju
There is a particular kind of symbolism that only a city like Lagos can manufacture, raw, unscripted, and unmistakeable. When Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, flanked by his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, the Secretary to the State Government, the Head of Service, the Chief of Staff, HC Environment/Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, LAWMA Boss, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin and the full weight of the…
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Corruption should be a deal breaker but not in Nigeria — by Kayode Adebiyi
The people I struggle to understand the most are not even the corrupt politicians, but the some Nigerians who defend them at all costs. They take whatever is thrown at them and run with it. What is more worrying is that even some of the most educated among us think and react in exactly the same way as those who…
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