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Tinubu Celebrates Alake at 70, Hails Him as Steady Hand, Loyal Ally
• President praises minister’s decades of service, public communication •Says Alake fought dictatorship, human rights abuses under military rule • Insists his work in solid minerals drawing local, global admiration
Tinubu’s Return: An Update
REUBEN ABATI Exactly a week ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu now jokingly renamed a citizen of Kano with a Northern-sounding name Ashiru Bala Ahmadu Tanimu, whatever that means, by former
$10bn Investment Puts Ogun, NNPC Partnership and Long-Delayed OGLNG Project at Centre of Emerging Coastal Economy
By Kayode Akinmade For more than three decades, the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas project remained largely a promise on paper. Now, renewed discussions between the Ogun State Government and the
Beyond diversification of ports
The Federal Government’s approval for the comprehensive modernisation of Onne, Delta and Calabar ports, alongside establishment of six new deep seaports, is laudable. It is a potentially transformative attempt to
Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have
Edo’s special court sends clear message: Justice must catch up with kidnappers, by Ejiro Ofoye
The fight against kidnapping and violent crime in Nigeria has often suffered from one debilitating weakness: the distance between arrest and justice. Suspects are arrested, paraded before television cameras, arraigned
Why Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway (3), by Eric Teniola
This week continues the narrative on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. No doubt that region has contributed a lot to modern-day Nigeria. Their leaders too, some of whom are alive while some
Opobo kingdom: When Christianity meets tradition as Bishop crowns new king
By Jimitota Onoyume A Christian Bishop placing the royal crown on the head of a traditional ruler to mark his formal ascension to the throne of his forebears captured the
The man who conquered the terrain: A tribute to Dele Alake at 70
By OLABODE OPESEITAN At 70, Dr. Henry Dele Alake projects the kind of presence that years of public life either refine or expose. It is evident in the well-manicured white
A Forecast Is Not a Verdict: Why The Economist Misreads 2027
By KOLA ALAPINNI The Economist’s “Nigerians Dislike Their President, But May Re-elect Him Anyway” is a confident piece, and a narrow one. It grants the dislike, then treats it as
