Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Opinion

April 4, 2026

Implications of Court of Appeal ruling on Nigeria’s maritime jurisdiction

It reinforces a legal trend that prevents state governments from extending regulatory reach into federally controlled sectors under the guise of revenue generation.

Blue economy
April 3, 2026

Temitope Ajayi: Middle-East Crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery.

Dangote speaking with Tinubu
April 2, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene: Adelabu’s power lines as laundry lines

Adelabu, like many of his predecessors, is running the power ministry in 2026 with the 1950 operational manual of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria.

Adebayo Adelabu And lantern
March 30, 2026

Isime Esene’s Vive Africa charts a path for Nigerian students amid visa chaos

In the education space, as in the media, Vive Africa’s approach centres on narratives grounded in data, insight, and audience behaviour rather than assumptions.

Isime Esene’s Vive Africa
March 30, 2026

Electricity crisis and the rest of us

There is something more troubling about us, about how we have come to accommodate this abnormality as though it were inevitable.

March 27, 2026

Obi’s transition from serious contender to mascot

Obi has paid the price for a ticket to the zoo, but he’ll soon find that he’s in a jungle.

Peter Obi
March 23, 2026

Jonathan Ishaku and Nigeria’s post-hegemonic moment 

Nigeria reached its post-hegemonic moment, not through a single dramatic event but through a slow, wearing away of legitimacy.

Jonathan Ishaku
March 22, 2026

Tinubu echoes Buhari-era Sahel talking points at Nigeria-UK security parley

Nigeria leans on the language of desertification and displacement to avoid the harder task of restructuring a livestock economy that is visibly in conflict with settled agriculture.

Tinubu with Starmer
March 22, 2026

My lord, Justice Kneel Down

This episode raises important questions concerning both the limits of judicial power and standards of professional comportment.

Marshall Abubakar
March 21, 2026

Unity, Structure and Strategy: Inside the significance of the APC national convention

At its core, the national convention is the highest decision-making assembly of the party.