Category: Opinion

*Our Special Bond with London*

 BY ERIC TENIOLA* On Wednesday, March 18, President Bola Tinubu GCFR along with his wife, Remi Tinubu, will be hosted by the British Monarch, King Charles III (77). The...

Fraudulent elections: In whose interest?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193. “Men at some times are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but...

Terrorism:The Enemy Within

Terrorism:The Enemy Within The enemies of a man are men of his household so says the holy book-Matthew 30:36. Hardly could armed robbery,theft or other security threats...

Iran, Beware the Fangs of January, the Scourge of February, the Ides of March,

Iran, Beware the Fangs of January, the Scourge of February, the Ides of March, by Hassan Gimba (3) Israel’s message to one of the intermediaries was that it would...

The silent press and the silent siege

The silent press and the silent siege By Segun Adediran Within the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential...

Nigeria’s economy: What is to be done?

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   Using the phrase ‘What is to be done?’ in the headline to this analysis is deliberate. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin used the title in a brilliant...

Tinubu, Military Coups and the National Question in Nigeria

  By Adewale Adeoye Close your eyes for a minute and imagine this: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Defense Minister Christopher...

Africa’s democracy in the balance as gerontocracy tightens its grip

  By Fortune Abang, (News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)   AU Leaders at a Summit The persistence of sit-tight governance, often described as “gerontocracy”,...

Yusuf’s defection, Kwankwaso and the 2027 Kano election

By Tunde Rahman Kano State, the bastion of progressive politics in Northern Nigeria, is going through a turbulent time. This turbulence has caused a tectonic shift in...

Atiku Abubakar’s Cognitive Dissonance

  By Sunday Dare For a man who once occupied the office of Vice President under a constitutional democracy, Atiku Abubakar’s persistent inability—or...