Category: Opinion

By Tunde Odesola If I walked into the ground floor of the superstore at the city centre to get my preschool child a gift, and I saw bicycles, balls, boots, dolls, push cars, rackets, etc. I wouldn’t pick a thing. Instead, I would move to the first floor of the store to see the possibility […]

By Owei Lakemfa Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, the United States–based daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, came visiting Nigeria. An academic, she appeared to be on sabbatical and decided to spend it as an elected leader in the country. Ms. Obasanjo had been out of the political scene for fifteen years. So, she dropped in like […]

By Steve Otaloro The visit of former Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to Ondo State as the Special Guest Lecturer at the June 12 Democracy Day anniversary celebration was more than a ceremonial appearance. It was a significant moment of national reflection, political engagement and a renewed […]

The late MKO Abiola MKO Abiola’s decisive presidential election victory on June 12, 1993, changed that date from ordinary into one of the most significant landmarks in Nigeria’s political history. Today, June 12, is celebrated as Nigeria’s Democracy Day, replacing May 29 as the country’s official day of democratic remembrance. Yet the significance of June […]

By Tunde Odesola Cool fire emits from the potted plant in the backyard at night; it is the glowworm. A yawn, roll on the back, with four powerful paws playfully punching the air; it is the lion, king of the jungle. Water gently hits the shore, sings a splash-splosh song, and rolls back silently into […]

By Steve Otaloro The recent increase in the pump price of petrol has once again triggered intense debate across Nigeria. As expected, many citizens frustrated by the rising cost of living have directed their anger at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While Nigerians have every right to express concern over economic hardship, it is equally important […]

By Steve Otaloro One of the most frequently quoted campaign statements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is his pledge to improve electricity supply in Nigeria and the suggestion that Nigerians should hold him accountable if he failed to make meaningful progress. Critics have repeatedly cited this promise as evidence of failure whenever power supply challenges […]

By Tunde Odesola When citizens exasperatedly say ‘Nigeria is a plane on autopilot’ or when they dismissively say ‘Nigeria na cruise’, they are disclosing much more than the words reveal. They are lamenting a nation whose humanity has shattered, leaving a truckload of iciness in its wake. Both expressions often stem from a place of […]

By Tunde Odesola Except for its motto and morality, there is hardly anything wrong with the Nigeria Police Force. If burnished in the furnace of grammar, the statement, “Police is your friend,” which is the motto of the Nigeria Police, is wrong because ‘police’ is a plural noun, and so, cannot legally coexist with ‘is’, […]

President Bola Tinubu What was once dismissed as a distant Northern crisis is slowly being entrenched into Nigeria’s economic heartland in the South-West. Kidnappings on highways once considered safe, attacks on farming communities, school invasions, violent incursions into forests, routine assaults on traditional rulers, and growing criminal networks exploiting porous interstate borders are evidence of […]