Category: Opinion

When Rules Die, Empires Return: How Trump’s World Order Endangers Africa and Nigeria

    “A world without rules is not neutral. It is a return to hierarchy, exploitation—and modern slavery by another name.” History teaches a hard lesson:...

Wike,Fubara: Unending Supremacy War

Wike,Fubara: Unending Supremacy War Since the beginning of the Fourth republic,what has come to define our political practice is the issue of political godfathers. It is...

Intimate Affairs: Girls, it’s our year of self-help,

Funke Egbemode   Don’t lie, how many times have you seen a guy and not only did your heart skip a bit but you actually went weak at the knees? He was not naked...

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...

Malami:Father, Son,Wife Unlimited

Malami:Father, Son,Wife Unlimited Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.-Lord Acton   In Africa nay Nigeria, public officer holders turn the...

A Defining Moment for Nigeria: Why Staying the Course Matters

    By Mohammed Idris, fnipr   As we enter a new year, the questions that fill our markets, our homes, and our places of work are clear and urgent. They...

Tinubunomics and the arithmetic of illusion

Tinubunomics and the arithmetic of illusion By Tanimu Yakubu A striking feature of Nigeria’s current economic debate is the enthusiasm with which huge numbers are...

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...