Editorial: Ignominious Sacking of Wale Edun – Shameful & Pathetic!
In most governments, the departure of a senior minister is a moment for dignity: a handshake, a statement, perhaps even a photograph of forced smiles. In Nigeria, it has become…
Wale Edun – How Art The Mighty Fallen! By Emmanuel Emeke Asiwe
Wale Edun’s recent fall from grace is more than a cabinet reshuffle; it is a parable about power, loyalty, and the increasingly narrow political space around President Bola Tinubu as…
Editorial: Reintegration of 800 Repentant Terrorists
The Federal Government’s plan to reintegrate nearly 800 individuals described as “repentant terrorists” into Nigerian communities demands far more scrutiny than it has received. The proposal is presented as a…
Editorial: Death of Gen. Oseni Braimah and Tinubu’s Security Failure
The death of Brigadier General Oseni Braimah is not just another tragic entry in Nigeria’s long roll call of fallen soldiers. It is a brutal, undeniable verdict on the catastrophic…
Insecurity: What goes around comes around – By Yemi Kolapo
On Friday, Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters confirmed the death of the Commander of the 29 Task Force Brigade in Benisheikh, Borno State, Brigadier General Oseni Braimah, and three other soldiers, following…
Editorial: Tinubu’s One-party Agenda Erodes Nigerian Democracy
History, when ignored, does not repeat itself so much as it mutates, shedding its crude excesses for subtler, more insidious forms. Nigeria today finds itself staring at a disquieting reincarnation…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Airport Condolence to Jos Massacre Victims
There are moments in the life of a nation when symbolism matters as much as substance. This was one of them. And President Bola Tinubu failed it; comprehensively, unmistakably, and,…
Editorial: Tinubu Is Squandering Nigeria’s Iran War Oil Windfall
Nigeria is in the middle of an oil bonanza. A geopolitical earthquake; the US–Iran war has pushed global crude prices to $115 per barrel, nearly double the federal benchmark of…
Editorial: Tinubu in London – A Masterclass in Pageantry and Failure
State visits are meant to project power, forge alliances and, occasionally, deliver substance. President Bola Tinubu’s two‑day procession through London; the first by a Nigerian leader in 37 years, achieved…
Editorial: Tinubu’s Outlandish Claim of Rescuing Nigeria from Bankruptcy
There are exaggerations in politics, and then there are the sort of claims that make economists reach for their calculators in disbelief. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent declaration that he…