Opinion Corner

Nigeria’s abdicating presidency and the docile National Assembly cannot forever remain silent observers while the constitutional rights of its citizens are trampled. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must move beyond political diplomacy and initiate the prosecution of those who undermine the 1999 Constitution. Enforcing the law against “religious entrepreneurs” is not an attack on faith; it is a defense of the …

  ​By Oto Drama, PhD T]he greatest tragedy of the African political landscape is not the illiterate tyrant, but the “Scholar-Dictator”—the man who spends decades teaching the Theory of Exit in the ivory towers of the West, only to practice the Praxis of Entrenchment at home. As 2027 approaches, Professor Julius Ihonvbere is no longer just a representative; he has …

The El-Rufai/Ribadu saga is a symptom of a deeper rot. It proves that our “security” apparatus is being weaponized for internal rivalry rather than external safety. If the NSA’s phone can be tapped, then the average Nigerian has as much privacy as a goldfish in a glass bowl.   The recent admission by Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna …

After three decades of military interventions and dominance, a convergence of anti-military forces, pro-democracy civil society organizations, determined Nigerian citizens and international pressure groups, would ensure that the dream of a democratic Nigeria was actualized to great hope and expectations of new found freedoms and all the celebrated gains of self-rule. This achievement was probably the most consequential democratic experiment …

​By Erasmus Ikhide ​Recently, I stumbled on Mahfuz Mundadu’s blank massaging of Ilhan Omar’s ego, self-image and her repeated subversion of the United States Constitution. I read Mahfuz’s narrow and twisted twitches about global Islamic terrorism and his inverted reasoning that often snares those in opposition to Islamic fundamentalism and the nihilism of a theology that treats dissenters as deserving …

By Erasmus Ikhide General Musa has the “clear conscience” he spoke of when leaving the CDS role. Now, as Minister, he must have the “Iron Will” to ensure that the military is no longer “conquered” by the very bandits it is paid to destroy. By building the wall and breaking the negotiation table, he is finally speaking the only language …

By Dr. Ehiogie West-Idahosa, SAN But, Nigeria must tackle corruption and work to reduce it to its barest minimum. Lip service to the fight against the canker worm would lead to nowhere. It is the reason why national institutions are not effective. It is responsible for the decay in the Nigerian society where anything goes. That is why our unemployment …

The real issue is not whether the protesters were students, activists, or citizens at home and abroad. The real issue is why Edo people feel compelled to protest at all. Governance is not about hunting suspects after the fact; it is about preventing despair before it spills into the streets. By Chris Osa Nehikhare irst, it was Students. Then it …

In Nigeria, power attracts worship. While leaders occupy office, praise singers crowd the corridors of power. Achievements are exaggerated, failures are rationalized, and silence is purchased with access. By Kelvin Uwaibi here is a recurring pattern in Nigerian public life that deserves sober reflection, not applause or outrage. It is the ritual of praise while in office and condemnation after …

By Douglas Ogbankwa he Security Situation Room is inundated by Cries of Relatives of the 52 Students of the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma who were recently remanded in prison on Monday the 11th of January 2026. In the same vein, we also condemn the resort to forceful taking of livestock of citizens on the Nigerian Highway under the pretext of …