Category: Opinion

By Richard Akinnola Since the army authorities came out last week to confirm the detention of some army officers over alleged coup plot, there have been a number of media stories regarding the alleged roles played by some of the officers. While many of us are unreservedly opposed to any coup plot or military intervention […]

By Abraham Ogbodo The battle is not finished. But enough of it has been fought to take stock of the casualties. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been killed. It is awaiting a not-so-befitting burial by family members. The Labour Party has been fatally wounded and waiting to die in the intensive care unit of […]

By Abimbola Adelakun Last Thursday brought the curtain down on the multi-decade quest for justice for Alhaja Kudirat Abiola—wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola—who was assassinated during a dark era in our nation’s history. The circumstances of her killing, during agitations against the annulment […]

By Tunde Odesola Three occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz were heading to work on a good Friday morning. One was the driver, another was the aide, and their oga patapata. They came to crawling traffic on George Street in Ikoyi, Lagos, en route to Obalende, their office. The Federal Secretariat was at a touching distance. […]

By Wale Ojo-Lanre I have watched — carefully and repeatedly — the video being circulated where the President of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was reported by some to have “fallen.” Having observed it without prejudice, hysteria, or political intoxication, one conclusion remains unassailable: the President slipped; he did not fall. There is a clear, […]

Most Nigerian leaders pretend to love God. They sponsor religious pilgrimages not in the service of God, but in the service of man, mostly to gain political capital and win support in elections. The Federal Government has allocated N11.5 billion for religious pilgrimages in the 2026 budget. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria receives N5.99 […]

Nigeria’s bank customers endure unfair deals offered by financial institutions, where they are forced to pay eye-watering interest rates for loans, while earning a measly return on their hard-earned savings. A new CBN report reveals that banks charge up to 60 per cent on loans, while paying an average of 2.7-8.15 per cent on savings […]

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa. Buba Marwa, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, listed the agency’s staggering seizures in its five-year scorecard in Abuja on 20 January. Between 2020 and 2025, the NDLEA arrested at least 77,792 […]

By Tunde Odesola The pigeon and the chicken are not neighbours. It is the heavy rain that fell which made them strange bedfellows. The pigeon is the priest of the air, the chicken is the scratcher on land. Long before the first corn sprouted, long before humans learnt to normalise chaos, the sky’s tear glands […]