Africa’s energy journey is often portrayed as a stark choice between climate responsibility and development. In reality, the continent faces a more nuanced challenge: finding a fair, gradual energy transition that matches its unique needs and ambitions. Technology and innovation can drive this change, helping secure affordable and sustainable...
OPINION
At critical moments in the life of public institutions, reform-minded leadership often attracts resistance, controversy, and organised opposition. This has been the historical pattern across government agencies, universities, regulatory bodies, and examination institutions. The ongoing tensions within the Nigerian office of the West African Examinations Council should therefore be...
At just 50, Matthew Tonlagha’s life has orbited the full cycle of human accomplishments. From general welfare, education support, healthcare provision, community development, youth empowerment, job and wealth creation, and security of lives and physical infrastructure. In case, you don’t know him, Tonlagha is the Chairman of Maton Engineering...
A few weeks ago, I analyzed the electoral prospects of some prominent Benue gubernatorial hopefuls—among them Sebastian Hon, Herman Hembe, Terhemba Shija, Mathias Byuan, and Mike Aondoakaa—against the incumbent governor, Hyacinth Alia. With the exception of Hembe, these figures are widely perceived as political associates or loyalists of George...
From Equatorial Guinea to Tanzania, from Accra to Addis Ababa, and now, from Nairobi to Kigali, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with sartorial elegance and swashbuckling confidence, is traversing Africa preaching Nigeria’s reform story to the world. While the echoes of President Tinubu’s economic reforms have since reverberated across every...
Inside the two-tier captivity system of Fulani ethnic militias — where faith determines who suffers, how much a life is worth, and whether a hostage comes home at all. The terrorists conveniently called bandits by the media had a rule. They stated it plainly, in the open, in front...
Another electoral cycle is fast approaching. Individuals and political parties across Nigeria are mobilising and preparing. January and February 2027 are no longer a distant future. After the elections, one thing is clear, the leadership configuration of the country will be altered for good or bad. Debates and permutations...
By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA – There is a quiet but devastating irony in modern Christianity: the Church that began in homes now struggles to function without cathedrals; the faith whose Founder “had nowhere to lay His head” now measures spiritual success by the acreage of its auditoriums; and the...
When the Economist described Nigeria over 18 years ago as a “democracy by court order”, it ventured into prophetic journalism. In the period since then, partisan politicians have become comfortable with playing second fiddle to judges, a sizeable number of whom have emerged as the most avid tribe of belligerents in...
The key failure of the post-colonial state in Africa – transcending both ideology and individual personality – is a refusal to grasp the importance of succession planning. This failure haunts every sector, from politics to the economy, to the very way our society is held together. Without a plan...
In my Ph.D. class in governance and leadership, at the Abuja Leadership Centre where we are dealing with the comparative analysis of governance and leadership in Africa, we just treated the intractable issue of institutions and accountability. We noted how institutional integrity upholds and sustains accountability, but unfortunately, how...
INTRODUCTION: NATION AT WAR CANNOT AFFORD A SECOND FRONT Nigeria is not at peace. Across the North East, North West, and North Central, our armed forces are locked in daily combat against terrorists and bandits. Thousands of soldiers are deployed forward, often without rotation, facing an enemy that watches...
If there is one thing the 2015 presidential election must have taught us,it is that we mustn’t be too absolved in changing a government we are dissatisfied with to carefully scrutinize the option before us.Most Nigerians felt they deserved better than Goodluck Jonathan and didn’t pay much attention to...
Seeking redress for reputational damage typically involves civil litigation for defamation (libel or slander), seeking damages for harm to reputation and the attendant emotional distress. In certain instances, financial losses are involved. Victims can pursue legal remedies, including monetary compensation and injunctions to stop further publication. In seeking redress,...
After watching a viral video by activist lawyer, Barrister A. A. Askira, on the alleged conversion of a public health facility into a private estate in Wuye District, Abuja, I felt compelled to write this open memo to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike—arguably one of...
On Sunday, May 3, 2026, the much-anticipated “reconciliation meeting” between Hyacinth Alia and George Akume finally held at Government House, Makurdi. It was convened amid heightened expectations that the lingering crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State would be resolved. But if the test of reconciliation...
Since 2010 when I first visited South Africa and had a conference at the University of South Africa, School of Bussiness in Midland, I have returned to the country several times and had engagements with different institutions in Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, East London, Polokwane, etc. I admire...
Nigeria’s opposition does not suffer from a lack of opportunity; it suffers from a surplus of ego. In any political system where citizens are burdened by economic strain, insecurity, and institutional fatigue, an opposition should not be scrambling for relevance. it should be coasting on momentum. Yet in Nigeria,...
For over 100 years, Northern Nigeria has been held together by a politically contrived twofold ethnic fusion expediently branded as “Hausa-Fulani”. It has served as an instrument of cohesion that aggregates demographic weight for political relevance. Now, however, beneath the artificial ethnic construct, a quiet shift is underway. The shift is...
Every first day of May, nations across the world pause to honour the dignity of labour and the men and women whose sweat and toil sustain civilisation. In Nigeria, Workers’ Day has always carried a particular poignancy, a moment to celebrate the resilience of a workforce that endures much...