Category: Analysis

Reflections on Naira-for-Crude

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   Crude oil price rebound after China-US trade talks The Naira-for-Crude initiative has ignited a profound debate in Nigeria’s economic...

Not The Iran We Thought It Was: What Has Changed in the Persian Gulf

Azu Ishiekwene On paper, it looked like a mismatch. Iran is not only one of the oldest and most established places in the Persian Gulf but also at least 75 times the...

Tinubu The Audacity To Hope: Two Years After

  By Segun Adeleye The second year has gone since Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was sworn in as the President of Nigeria, which translates to half of his tenure already...

From Sidelines to Centre Stage: Assessing Tinubu’s sports economy vision

  By Muhyideen Jimoh As President Bola Tinubu marks his second year in office, his administration has embarked on transformative reforms aimed at revitalising the...

Tinubu, June 12 and anatomy of a phantom coup plotter

  By Stanley Ojah   Col Olusegun  Oloruntoba   The humid night air hung heavy over Kaduna as Colonel Olusegun Oloruntoba was roused from sleep by an...

Two Years of President Tinubu: Two Stories Behind the Positive Numbers

  By Tunde Rahman Economists and commentators have written and said much about the positive trajectory and indicators signposting Nigeria’s economic growth....

Finally, finally on the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa-Akure expressway

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0192 “Because of its hatred for the Ant, Cockroach voted for Insecticide. Immediately Insecticide took...

Interrogating two years of Nigeria’s foreign policy under Tinubu

  By Sola Enikanolaiye The Administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR celebrated two years in office a few days ago on Thursday, 29th May 2025. Also...

Tinubu’s Second Year:* *Hope, Hard Choices, and the Heavy Lifting Ahead*

*Tinubu’s Second Year:* *The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision* Maimonides   As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu crosses his second...

We are Victims of past Intrigues within the Military

BY ERIC TENIOLA* General (rtd.) Jeremaih Timbut Useni ((16 February 1943 – 23 January 2025) alias JERRY BOY, who answered the final call in Paris, France, was partly a...