Category: Opinion

Lagos Apapa Port. Photo: Soluap Lahos ports at Apapa and Tin Can are rising! The ports made it to the exclusive list of the world’s top 20 most improved container ports in the past five years, according to a new report by the World Bank. Both ports, which handle 70 per cent of Nigeria’s maritime […]

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle Part of the reason terrorism has endured in Nigeria is the mindset of some government officials. Instead of projecting resolve, they often speak the language of appeasement, resignation, or outright helplessness. From the Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, who reportedly described terrorists as “prodigal sons” deserving an […]

By Steve Otaloro The controversy surrounding the Nigerian Consul General in South Africa serves as a reminder that public officials must exercise caution in both their words and actions, especially during times of hardship and uncertainty. While the Federal Government of Nigeria deserves recognition for its efforts to evacuate stranded citizens from South Africa, the […]

By Ifeanyi Igwebike Mbanefo Nigeria does not need another electoral reform bill to correct every flaw in its democracy. What it needs now is the disciplined use of the legal tools already embedded in the Electoral Act, the Constitution, and the courts’ remedial powers. The uncomfortable fact is that Nigeria’s turnout crisis is not merely […]

President Bola Tinubu. Photo: State House THE National Assembly’s decision to extend, for a third time, the implementation of the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act, from June 30 to September 30, 2026, is yet another symptom of the chaos that has come to define Nigeria’s budget cycles under the Bola Tinubu administration. Nigeria’s […]

FIFA World Cup 2026 By Martins Oloja Football is diplomacy. It is big business. It is public relations. It is identity. But when the 48-nation World Cup kicked off in the United States, Mexico, and Canada on June 11, 2026, Nigeria — the most populous black nation on earth — was not on the pitch. […]

By Steve Otaloro One of the least discussed yet potentially transformative policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is the establishment of Regional Development Commissions across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones. Beyond the daily noise of politics, this initiative may ultimately rank among the most consequential institutional reforms of the Fourth Republic. President Tinubu appears to understand […]

By Oloriewe Raheem Adedoyin For Kwara and possibly a few other Nigerian states, the 2027 election has many implications. In the All Progressives Congress (APC), we are looking to consolidate the gains of the last few years after the bloodless Otoge revolution. I was a part of the Otoge Movement that consummated the revolution. Infact, […]

By Tunji Ajibade Recently, the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, said at an event that he was waiting for the Federal Government to approve the creation of state police. This happened days after the abduction of teachers and pupils from two schools in the state. His comment came at a time I had been […]