COLUMNS
From Obasanjo and Tinubu camps to Atiku’s war room, by Emmanuel Aziken
Atiku Abubakar’s choice of leaders for his 2027 presidential campaign tells a larger story than the announcement of a campaign council. Its chairman, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, was once firmly identified with
An open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Gboko, 24 September 2026 Mr. President, I am writing to you from Gboko, where government is not experienced through communiqués or presidential briefings. People meet government when they go to
What shall we do about South Africa?
RIGHT OF REPLY Approximately 1,030 words Azu Ishiekwene asks the right question, and he is right that the World Cup answered it before any of us did. The hostility Bafana
The case for renaming my state capital, by Donu Kogbara
This thought-provoking and slightly edited article, which first appeared in a publication called NewAfrican, was written by my friend and former BBC boss Onyekachi Wambu, a distinguished London-based author and
The diplomacy of politics: The eighty first UNGA and impunity, by Owei Lakemfa
The United Nations General Assembly, UNGA is the global platform for all countries. So, no country can bar another speaking from its podium. But the United States, US at the
Rising fuel prices and insensitivity to the peoples’ plight, by Adekunle Adekoya
AGAIN, I am still on the matter of rising prices of fuel energy, particularly petrol, which is heading towards N1,500, automotive gas oil, AGO or diesel, which is heading towards
Why is there no national outrage? By Ikechukwu Amaechi
What will ever provoke a national outrage? Why is it that nothing shocks Nigerians anymore even when those in power throw the kitchen sink at them? At what point will
Cult of personality: What is Obiism? And who are ‘Obidients’? By Olu Fasan
Peter Obi is an enigma. A philosophy graduate, yet he is not a philosopher. A politician, yet he lacks the political skills to navigate the collegial world of politics. A
Great communicators are built, not born, by Ruth Oji
Have you ever listened to someone speak and thought, “This person is a natural”? Perhaps it was a lecturer who could explain a difficult idea so simply that everyone understood
Making the Common Northern Education Compact a reality: Pathway from Niger State, by Usman Sarki
“To this class of enemies belong some of the educated or half-educated Europeanized natives whom our educational and religious system divorces from their race, and who, having no outlet and
