Opinion Corner

If the President truly wishes to walk the talk, he must leave the airport lounges and the foreign summits. He must stand where the smoke is rising. Until then, every drop of blood spilled in Pulka is a testament to a leadership that has mastered the art of the choreographed spectacle while the nation it purports to lead burns to …

For a world that is still euphoric by the AI craves, who knows if the ‘regrets of a life work’ by an inventive Hinton, wouldn’t turn the way of Alfred Noble, whose later life’s regrets were the invention of the dynamites and other explosives, although had influenced industrial revolution, soon turned the greatest tools for war and substantial human and …

Nyesom Wike’s political ascent is a study in the strongman archetype. His trajectory, beginning in local government and culminating in a two-term governorship characterized by high-octane confrontation, has long been shadowed by allegations of ruthless pragmatism. Critics and rights monitors have frequently pointed to a disturbing pattern: a penchant for rhetoric that treats dissent not as a democratic necessity, but …

Recapitalising our banks isn’t just something the government wanted; it is something Nigeria truly needs. As we look to the future, strong and trustworthy banks are the foundation for lasting prosperity. By making banks stronger today, we’re protecting our economy, encouraging new ideas, and making sure growth reaches everyone. This isn’t just a policy; it is a promise to build …

The recent Palm Sunday tragedies in Jos and the recurring violence across the Plateau are not merely statistics; they are wounds on our national soul. These killings do not distinguish between the mosque, the church, or the ancestral grove. When one Nigerian falls, the shadow lengthens over us all. “Peace is not just the absence of conflict, but the presence …

From the theatres of military operations against the insurgents, emanate conflicting reports that some commanding officers and soldiers look the other way as they are overwhelmed by the terrorist fighters, causing the avoidable deaths of troops, carting away and destruction of weapons and equipment. Some soldiers are caught revealing tactical information and selling weapons to insurgents. In what could be …

There is an old joke that scientists switched from lab rats to lawyers because you do not get as attached to lawyers. President Donald Trump has shown the same tendency to avoid becoming attached to either private or government counsel. Attorney General Pam Bondi is only the latest in a long line of lawyers let go by a president who …

That El-Rufai is the beginning and the end of Arewa and the oxygen of its people, could be deduced as Arewa, excepting for muffled condemnations of his arrest by some of his political associates, went to sleep as he cooled off his feet in detention. That reminds me about what our people say that “ọmwan nẹ rho owa ẹre ọgbe …

The sins of Michael Freeman was ‘daring’ to voice out on the Arise  set, the obvious that the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), a canopy-bulk of the country’s Shite sect, is “sponsored by the Iranian government”, another word for Iran’s mediated liability as backer of the jihadist and terror groups that had besieged Nigeria for decades, causing human massacres, religious …

Naiho’s advocacy is clear and unwavering. Governments – both federal and state – must rise to the challenge by implementing targeted environmental interventions, enforcing stricter controls on industrial pollutants, and establishing rapid response systems for ecological disasters such as oil spills. In a time when environmental decline increasingly intersects with public health crises, the voice of science has once again …