Category: Opinion

By Tunde Odesola Everyone knows the story of the prodigal son. It is needless retelling here. But there is a simple idiom that captures his visceral vices, which include rebellion and entitlement, wastage and reckless living, debauchery and arrogance, unaccountability, and greed. That idiom is: “You can’t eat your cake and have it”. To analytical […]

May Day. Photo credit: Web Today, Nigeria’s workforce joins millions across the globe to mark Workers’ Day, a ritual meant to honour the sweat and sacrifice of labour that sustain governance and drive development. The World Bank estimates Nigeria’s labour force at 113.35 million out of a population of 237 million. Alarmingly, about 90 per […]

Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu The delay in the proposed removal of the Nigeria Police Force from the Contributory Pension Scheme continues to generate much anger among retired members of the force. Protests were held this month in Abuja on the heels of an earlier one in September 2025 by the Police Retired Officers’ […]

By Olusegun Adeniyi With Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State invoking ‘Operation Wet ẹ’ at the Ibadan gathering of the ‘Participating Opposition Parties in Nigeria’ (we can also help them by adding the acronym, POPN), Nigerians do not need anyone to tell them that another desperate season is already upon us. Makinde warned the ruling […]

By Reuben Abati “What a country? “Which country? “What other country do you think I could possibly be talking about? Nigeria of course” “Baba Gbeborun. Community Radio! O ya, shoot. I am all ears” “What my eyes have seen, what my ears have heard, my mouth cannot tell.” “Leave that one. Tell me. There is […]

Money is debasing politics in Nigeria. With a presidential nomination form going for N100 million in the ruling party and N51 million in a PDP faction, the middle class is automatically filtered out. This leaves only the moneybags to decide the fate of over 237 million people. This systematic assault on democracy is dangerous. Therefore, […]

By Bolanle Bolawole A few days ago, I came across the piece you will soon read here now and was attracted to it by the message; the medium of the message; and the personality the message was addressed to. The message is of public interest. The medium of the message – Treasure newspaper.com – and […]

By Festus Adedayo Yesterday, Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, rallied Nigeria’s opposition political parties to Ibadan. According to him in his welcome address, the summit was to rescue Nigeria from the stranglehold of Nigeria’s apparent descent into autocracy, “a pattern where the space for real political competition is disappearing.” Ibadan summit’s message is an […]

By Steve Otaloro The recent so-called “Opposition Leadership Summit” held in Ibadan presents itself as a moment of political consolidation and national alternative-building. In reality, it is nothing more than a carefully staged gathering of disparate political actors-united not by ideology, vision, or coherent policy direction, but by a singular, desperate objective: to regain access […]