Category: Opinion

By Olusegun Adeniyi The National Security Strategy of the United States 2025, representing President Donald Trump’s view of the world and his administration’s foreign policy direction was released last week. Erik Solheim, a Norwegian diplomat who served as Minister for International Development and also Environment in his country as well as Under Secretary General of […]

By Steve Otaloro It was none other than the illustrious Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the immortal Zik of Africa, who, in the fevered constitutional caucuses of the 1950s, rose in vehement opposition to Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s sagacious proposal to entrench a secession clause in the embryonic republic’s founding charter. Azikiwe contended that such a provision would […]

By Steve Otaloro President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent diplomatic manoeuvre, culminating in France’s public declaration of solidarity with Nigeria amid intensifying security challenges, represents one of the most consequential geopolitical realignments in West Africa in recent years. It is a moment that signals a recalibration of Nigeria’s foreign policy posture—away from its historically one-sided generosity […]

The Untold Truth About Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa- What People Rarely Say. By; Steve Otaloro In a political landscape often dominated by noise, theatrics, and the loud performance of leadership, Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa stands in refreshing contrast. He is carved not from the stone of bluster but from the quiet strength of calm conviction. […]

By Tunde Odesola H-o-r-r-o-r!? The lamp has gone out in the ancestral grove. Frightening darkness reigns. I step inside the grove, I grope on staggering steps. The gourd is broken. I saw its shattered pieces. I stagger. I can feel the wet wood, torn drum, snapped beads, burning ice, soundless speech, blind sight, lifeless breath, […]

Amid rising killings, mass abductions, and growing security failures across Nigeria, several state Houses of Assembly have begun moves to consider the creation of state police, a long-debated reform that President Bola Tinubu last week urged the National Assembly to legalise as part of sweeping constitutional amendments. Nigeria has recently witnessed a resurgence of violent […]

By Martins Oloja Expectedly, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency, ordering the Nigerian Police and Armed Forces to recruit additional personnel to tackle rising insecurity across the country. He also appealed to the National Assembly to begin legislative legwork on the imperative of State police at this time. In a […]

By Tunde Odesola Accident and misfortune have no permanent abodes, though both roam aimfully about, looking to pounce. They are identical twins with different temperaments: one sprints, the other stalks. Sometimes they travel separately, sometimes hand-in-hand, depending on the havoc at hand. Swift or slow, they strike and go. The ensuing scenario, which occurred during […]

It is indeed baffling that, in today’s interconnected and globalised world, the Bola Tinubu administration has operated for over two years without appointing ambassadors. This void casts Nigeria as an outcast in a world that thrives on inclusivity and international cooperation. Governance functions on two fronts — domestic and international. Unfortunately, the Tinubu administration seems […]