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By Farooq A. Kperogi This week’s column examines Nasir El-Rufai’s transformation from an internally displaced “accidental public servant” to a troubled, accidental, one-band opposition squad who is railing against exactly the same things he did when he was in power. Like a stranded mariner gasping on the shores of irrelevance, former Kaduna State governor Nasir…
March 15, 2025
By Bola BOLAWOLE The sex-for-favour tango between the Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, and another senator, Mrs. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, is the latest scandal in town. Nigeria is a country of one scandal, one moment. So, expect the wind to blow over this scandal quickly. The heat generated may soon get too much for the members…
March 13, 2025
By: Sonny Iroche As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, the nation once again, stands at a crossroads. The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) offers unprecedented opportunities to enhance economic growth, improve financial services, and streamline governance. However, these advancements come with significant risks—cybersecurity threats to the banking sector, the proliferation of malicious malware…
March 13, 2025
By Sonny Iroche The Nigerian National Assembly, the country’s bicameral legislature, currently employs a traditional voice voting system to determine the outcome of legislative decisions. In this method, members express their positions by shouting “Aye” for approval or “Nay” for opposition, with the presiding officer gauging the result based on the perceived volume of each…
March 11, 2025
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Over the past two weeks, we have witnessed a number of events at the Nigerian Senate, which have left some of us shell-shocked. It is quite common for arguments and battles of all kinds to break out in the National Assembly. It is not easy for so many representatives of their people…
March 9, 2025
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The political control of the resources of the territory known as Rivers State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been a site of curious jurisprudence since the Acting Consul of the Oil Rivers Protectorate, Harry Johnston, procured the judicial liquidation of King Jaja of Opobo in December 1887 in Accra, present capital…
March 9, 2025
By Bola BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 At a point I was in a quandary on how to address Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. What unfolded at the Lagos State House of Assembly presented a dilemma similar to that which confronted journalists after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won free…
March 8, 2025
By Johnson Babalola Many have written about this topic from different perspectives but with the same message—a woman’s body, including her hair, is her personal space, and touching it without consent is a violation. Some of the writers on this topic include Emma Dabiri (Don't Touch My Hair), Mpho Tutu van Furth (Forgiveness and Reparation),…
March 7, 2025
By Johnson Babalola Recently, after using my credit card at a store, I couldn’t find it upon returning to my car. Panicked, I retraced my steps, searching every section of the shop and even unusual places. I questioned the staff, but no one had seen it. Frustrated by the wasted time and effort, I resigned…
March 3, 2025
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By Farooq A. Kperogi This week’s column examines Nasir El-Rufai’s transformation from an internally displaced “accidental public servant” to a troubled, accidental, one-band opposition squad who is railing against exactly the same things he did when he was in power. Like a stranded mariner gasping on the shores of irrelevance, former Kaduna State governor Nasir…
March 15, 2025
By Bola BOLAWOLE The sex-for-favour tango between the Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, and another senator, Mrs. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, is the latest scandal in town. Nigeria is a country of one scandal, one moment. So, expect the wind to blow over this scandal quickly. The heat generated may soon get too much for the members…
March 13, 2025
By: Sonny Iroche As Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections, the nation once again, stands at a crossroads. The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) offers unprecedented opportunities to enhance economic growth, improve financial services, and streamline governance. However, these advancements come with significant risks—cybersecurity threats to the banking sector, the proliferation of malicious malware…
March 13, 2025
By Sonny Iroche The Nigerian National Assembly, the country’s bicameral legislature, currently employs a traditional voice voting system to determine the outcome of legislative decisions. In this method, members express their positions by shouting “Aye” for approval or “Nay” for opposition, with the presiding officer gauging the result based on the perceived volume of each…
March 11, 2025
By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Over the past two weeks, we have witnessed a number of events at the Nigerian Senate, which have left some of us shell-shocked. It is quite common for arguments and battles of all kinds to break out in the National Assembly. It is not easy for so many representatives of their people…
March 9, 2025
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The political control of the resources of the territory known as Rivers State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been a site of curious jurisprudence since the Acting Consul of the Oil Rivers Protectorate, Harry Johnston, procured the judicial liquidation of King Jaja of Opobo in December 1887 in Accra, present capital…
March 9, 2025
By Bola BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 At a point I was in a quandary on how to address Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. What unfolded at the Lagos State House of Assembly presented a dilemma similar to that which confronted journalists after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won free…
March 8, 2025
By Johnson Babalola Many have written about this topic from different perspectives but with the same message—a woman’s body, including her hair, is her personal space, and touching it without consent is a violation. Some of the writers on this topic include Emma Dabiri (Don't Touch My Hair), Mpho Tutu van Furth (Forgiveness and Reparation),…
March 7, 2025
By Johnson Babalola Recently, after using my credit card at a store, I couldn’t find it upon returning to my car. Panicked, I retraced my steps, searching every section of the shop and even unusual places. I questioned the staff, but no one had seen it. Frustrated by the wasted time and effort, I resigned…
March 3, 2025
