Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Opinion

April 15, 2023

Partisan comparisons of Channel TV’s Seun and Arise TV’s Rufai

From the perspective of the reportorial tradition of journalism, neither Okinbaloye nor Oseni would be regarded as journalists now.

Rufai Oseni and Seun Okinbaloye
April 13, 2023

Why Trump’s trial doesn’t make America special

We have seen, especially in the last 10 years, that the U.S. is not the undimming beacon that it often pretends to be.

Trump in court
April 13, 2023

Nigeria’s past shouldn’t be today’s burden

The post-election conversations have been a putrid salad of prejudices, recriminations, and elevated provincialism.

Map of Nigeria with regions and flag
April 12, 2023

Four biggest losers of the 2023 Nigerian general elections

The exercise was not only a horrendous phenomenon on the psyche of Nigerians but a fleeting nightmare.

President Muhammadu Buhari, INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu
April 10, 2023

A British example in our rascally times

If we’re serious enough, it shouldn’t be hard to produce the sort of mosaic inner circle expected at Prince Charles’ coronation at the inauguration of a Nigerian president.

Kong Charles, Humza Haroon Yousaf and Rishi Sunak
April 10, 2023

The return of the interminable president in Africa

Africa, the continent with the youngest demographic in the world, now has the distinction of having the four longest-serving elective presidencies in the world.

Map of Africa
April 8, 2023

As scandal-ridden Tunde Ayeni scrambles to profit from Bola Tinubu administration

Would the notorious businessman have been magnanimous had PDP won the presidential election?

Tunde Ayeni
April 8, 2023

The trials of Brother Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka should stop trying to adapt the world to himself. But he won’t. That is what makes all stubborn grandfathers stand out.

Wole Soyinka
April 8, 2023

Obi’s face-saving litigious bluster against Peoples Gazette

The lawsuit will embarrass Obi, diminish his credibility irretrievably, and herald the death knell of his budding national political career.

Peter Obi and Peoples Gazette
April 6, 2023

When Women Win: Nigeria’s unplugged force

Women of Black descent are the beau idéal of Black excellence – the evidence speaks for itself.

Ibukun Awosika and Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu