Category: Analysis
What You Might Expect in 2026: A Valedictory Edition
Azu Ishiekwene I forecast that by May 29 or earlier, the president will replace ministers, especially those who have since outlived their IOU value. As pressure mounts...
A Rejoinder To ‘Bola’s Tax’: When ‘Simple Logic’ Becomes Simple Misdirection
By Tanimu Yakubu Adedeji,NRS Czar THE Emmanuel Orjih’s essay being circulated is rhetorically powerful, but its “simplicity” is achieved...
2025AFCON: Nigeria’s Achilles Heels against Algeria is the Defence.
…Nigeria’s Strength Is the Attack as Nigeria and Algeria Collide in the Quarterfinal on January 10 at 5pm. The Nigerian defence squad may be the Achilles heel...
If morning shows the day…
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 Two momentous events, nay three, closed Year 2025 and flung open the door to the new year 2026. If...
The Maduro Betrayal: How Allies, Ambition and Inside Compromise Toppled a Strongman
The Maduro Betrayal: How Allies, Ambition and Inside Compromise Toppled a Strongman On the early morning of 3 January 2026, the world awoke to shocking news: Venezuelan...
Anticipatory Asset Declaration: When Oversight Becomes Complicity
By Lanre Ogundipe “When corruption is declared in advance and applauded, silence is no longer innocence.” Nigeria’s corruption crisis has outgrown the familiar...
Trending Events Amidst Governor Buni’s Yobe Achievements (2)
By Hassan Gimba Gimba Barely after the first edition of the write-up with the above caption, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated a Committee on...
2026: The Alpha, the Omega and Jagaban’s mandate!
2026: The Alpha, the Omega and Jagaban’s mandate! By abiodun KOMOLAFE _“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,_ _And sorry I could not travel both_ _And be one...
IMPRISONED BY AMBITION : Peter Obi’s reckless misreading of politics and power
By Sunday Dare If the recent decamping of Peter Obi from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress was intended to detonate like a political bombshell,...
Sokoto: Beyond the US strike
As is usual for Nigerians a lot of emotions, feeling and sentiments have been expressed on the import of the United States bombings which occurred on Christmas...
