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Opinion

August 29, 2025

Fare thee well, Nnaemeka Okwelume

Nnaemeka Okwelume dedicated himself to a thankless calling, where one sacrifices time and resources only to receive criticism and abuse in return.

Nnaemeka Okwelume
August 28, 2025

Nigeria’s top oil boss walking into a trap 

It’s fine if Ojulari fancies his task as raising the dead, but a long, distinguished list of his predecessors who tried were lunch for the beast.

Bashir Ojulari
August 25, 2025

Putin as the president’s medicine

Beyond Trump-Putin lovefest, Zelenskyy’s brinkmanship, and Europe’s indifference to genuine Russian concerns about being encircled, something must give for peace to take hold.

Russian President Vladimir Putin
August 25, 2025

Nigeria and the empty booth in Tokyo

Soft power is not a luxury. It is a necessity.

Nigeria's empty booth at TICAD9 (Credit: Idris Ayodeji Bello)
August 24, 2025

Standing tall for Nigerian bar’s independence

Lack of independence is a congenital design flaw in the institutions of Nigeria’s legal profession.

Lawyers
August 20, 2025

Yoruba, Igbo should tame their demons before denouncing northern insecurity

Both groups are weighed down by demons that demand urgent attention, yet finger-pointing has become a convenient distraction for them.

Sunday Igboho, northern bandits and Nnamdi Kanu
August 18, 2025

Adebayo Adelabu’s vanity mansion and eternal life lessons

Why do some live as though the sizes of their houses measure the worth of their life?

Adebayo Adelabu with his mansion
August 16, 2025

Igbo, Yoruba squabbles contextualised

The Igbo–Yoruba quarrel may be smaller than India–Pakistan’s rift, but the pattern is familiar.

Peter Obi and Bola Ahmed Tinubu
August 15, 2025

Why Nigerians should reject Canada’s designation of APC, PDP as terror groups

Nigerian politicians can do more to clean up the country’s sordid reputation, but the sweeping conclusions of a Canadian court would do more harm than good. 

Bola Tinubu and Mark Carney