Category: Opinion

By Abimbola Adelakun Future historians of this period will one day note that the 2027 presidential election was one of the most remarkable in our national history, as it was the first campaign to begin even before the 2023 election was properly concluded. We know that in Africa, time ordinarily orbits around elections and electioneering. […]

Departed former President Buhari, and Mr Femi Adesina By Dele Sobowale “Silence is golden when you can’t think of an [intelligent] answer” – Mohammed Ali, 1942-2016. Buhari’s death has exposed more horrors about the real attitude of those who held the highest posts in his government – which was largely a failure based on lies […]

By Abimbola Adelakun The Muslim burial that the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, received infuriated many traditionalists and reignited the old questions about the future of our indigenous beliefs and practices in a world dominated by the Abrahamic religions. But at some point, we must also come to terms with the reality that Islam […]

By Tunde Odesola By some indices of human assessment, such as professionalism, intellect, carriage, humility, handsomeness, etc., the erstwhile Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari (of bitter memory), Mr Femi Adesina, was not cut from the same cloth as many of his colleague editors. There was the tale of a toad-eyed, bosomy and big-mouthed female […]

By Olusegun Adeniyi A few days to the end of their administration in May 2007, then Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mr. Olufemi Pedro, resigned his appointment. But Governor Bola Tinubu refused to accept the letter. Tinubu’s goal was to ensure that the impeachment proceedings commenced against Pedro by the State House of Assembly ran its […]

By  Martins Oloja “When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries while you rejoice.”― Ancient Sanskrit saying The word on marble above shows the organic source of the topic. It is from a classic from Robin Sharma, the original […]

The death of former President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, at 82 years, in a London hospital, following illness, is a huge loss to members of his family and to Nigeria as a whole. This country lost a leader whose years of service and contribution to nation-building would long be remembered for their impact on individual lives […]

By Femi Mimiko, mni, The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), under the transformational leadership of Professor Hassan Saliu, of the University of Ilorin, held its second virtual conference this year, July 16 and 17, 2025, on the theme, “Democracy and Development: Exploring the nexus in Nigeria.” The first day was chaired by a foremost Political […]

The report by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), raising the alarm over the excessively high cost of running for political office in Nigeria, is worrisome. It should be of concern to all Nigerians because failure to address it positively poses a threat to democracy. While the report merely reminds Nigerians of something they always […]