I am writing this piece from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA where I spent a white Christmas resting away from my extremely tight schedule back home in Nigeria. I needed the rest after two years without vacation. But the below 46`F average daily weather proves a little tough for me to...
OPINION
Last week, we promised to examine the choices available to Iran and the United States, as well as how military confrontation might unfold. We also noted that Israel reportedly considered using nuclear weapons in its last war with Iran—an approach known as the Samson Option. We stated that if...
*My Justification: Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Represents Peace, Justice, and the Voice for the Voiceless in Nigeria.* For over four decades, Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, has stood as one of Nigeria’s most fearless defenders of the oppressed, the marginalized, and the constitution itself. His name is inseparable from...
Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN Human rights activism has never been a gentleman’s pastime. It is, by its very nature, an inconvenient vocation, one that unsettles power, interrogates authority, and stubbornly refuses to genuflect when the State elects impunity over justice. Across jurisdictions and generations,...
For years, public procurement in Nigeria moved to a familiar rhythm. Files circulated. Committees met. Rules were cited. Yet something essential was missing. The instincts that turn policy into habit and compliance into culture never quite took root. Procurement functioned, but it rarely learned. This created challenges. It was...
On Monday this week President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departs for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Türkiye. The stated agenda—military cooperation and trade partnership—is precise. But the subtext is broader: Nigeria is recalibrating its partnerships toward countries that combine strategic geography, industrial depth, security capability, and an...
Under Donald Trump, the United States is fast approaching the dead end of a curious transactional presidency. Even the most treasured items of American nationhood and heritage are up for sale to the highest bidder in an bazaar as governance. This is an era where everything America does is...
Yesterday, 23rd January 2026, Nigerians were once again offered an expected but unwanted New Year gift! – The national grid succumbed once again thus throwing the nation and our economy into darkness… It is hardly surprising that the grid continues to collapse. With inadequate funding, weak oversight and governance,...
Those intent on a head on collision with a moving train must mind their limbs. In Abia State, the 2027 contest for the governorship has mostly been decided. All that is left is the ritual of voting and the ceremony of anointment on 29th May, 2027. If public opinion...
January 15, 2026, should have been a solemn day of national reflection. Sixty years after the tragic 1966 coup, Nigerians across regions, ethnicities and faiths sought healing—an opportunity to confront history, mend fractures and reaffirm our collective conscience. Yet, on that very day, the floor of the Nigerian Senate...
Gabriel Tomoni’s recent broadcast attacking the Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress (RIPCO) is not only disappointing, it is deeply misdirected, emotional, and constitutionally hollow. RIPCO did not issue its statement out of malice, betrayal, or hostility to the Ijaw Nation. We spoke from history, from facts, and from a deep...
In an age where globalisation’s homogenising tide steadily erodes cultural diversity, the decline of indigenous languages represents a silent epistemicide—the gradual extinction of collective memory, identity, and worldview. While fluency in English remains an undeniable gateway to global participation, it must not come at the expense of mother tongues.Regrettably,...
In 2026, Nigerians will live life in a double reality. We will literally be dancing to two dissonant drumbeats. Some will find the gathering 2027 election campaign beats irresistible. On the contrary, the majority of the common folk, civil society groups and the non -political elite will cling to...
The essay you circulated is rhetorically powerful, but its “simplicity” is achieved by subtracting the very provisions that determine the outcome. That is not clarity; it is selective accounting. Let’s dismantle the argument on its own terms calmly, sequentially, and with arithmetic that actually follows the law. 1) The...
Most people judge an online casino by the games they see, but the experience starts before any of that. By the time a reel spins or a table opens, the foundations are already in place. Things feel steady and easy to follow because someone made sure they would, not...
Virtually all foreign investment in Nigeria’s minerals sector is Chinese. Mines Minister, Dele Alake recently announced massive foreign investment in Nigeria’s solid minerals section. All three companies Minister Alake named are Chinese. The amounts he announced were wildly exaggerated as has been the case with every Chinese facility announced....
As we enter a new year, the questions that fill our markets, our homes, and our places of work are clear and urgent. They are questions about the price of food, about security in our communities, and about the direction in which our country is headed. It is the...
A striking feature of Nigeria’s current economic debate is the enthusiasm with which huge numbers are circulated—and the casualness with which they are assembled. Tax collections are added to oil receipts; oil receipts are added again under customs or “subsidy savings”; borrowing is treated as income; and the resulting...
By DANIEL KANU – “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”— Barack Obama Few statements capture Nigeria’s dilemma today as clearly as these words.For decades, we...
Twenty-three days after its transmission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, the Senate, held public hearings on 18 December 2025 to consider the Legal Practitioners Bill. At this pace, the bill could become law well before the middle of 2026. The journey to this bill has been somewhat...