By Azu Ishiekwene

Listening to Kenyan President William Ruto diss Nigerians with a smile from faraway Italy, one would think he had taken a page from Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard. It was obvious that Ruto assumed Nigerians spoke that variety of unconventional English rendered by Tutuola in his story of magical realism from Yoruba mythology.

By Max Amuchie

A nation does not declare its own decline. It performs normalcy — until the performance can no longer hold.

What follows is not an announcement, but a pattern — visible to those willing to look beyond the performance.

By Max Amuchie

A nation does not collapse all at once. It erodes — layer by layer, system by system — until what once appeared unshakable begins to give way under the weight of forces it can no longer contain.

“Comment Is Free, But Facts Are Sacred”.... Charles Prestwich Scott.

By Bolanle Bolawole

Let me state from this starting point that I am an accidental journalist, sort of; just like Nasir el-Rufai, ex-governor of Kaduna state, described himself as an accidental civil servant. But let no one mistake the reference to el-Rufai here to mean anything! He is neither friend nor foe!

By Bola Bolawole

It is sweet to be a champion! Ex-champion is a pill too bitter to swallow. Never to become an ex-champion is one of the prayers of Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye (aka Daddy G. O.), General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, that has never failed to receive a thunderous ‘Amen”.

By Bolanle Bolawole

A few days ago, I came across the piece you will soon read here now and was attracted to it by the message; the medium of the message; and the personality the message was addressed to.

By Bola Bolawole

The country’s leading opposition political parties descended, last week Saturday, on the historic city of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, sounding frantic - and they were right! The existential threat they said confronts them is more real than imagined.

By Steve Osuji

President Bola Tinubu doesn't seem to give a damn about Nigeria. It has become apparent that in all he does, he puts himself first. His cronies come second and his country a distant third. Consider his presidency: it's arguably the puniest since independence. As we know, past presidents and even military rulers, would headhunt the best and seasoned minds in the land and beyond to help run a new administration. This is especially so for the most sensitive cabinet positions like finance, economic advisory and strategic sectors like power and infrastructure.

By Chuka Nnabuife

One tree may not make a forest but one bold leader can spark one transformative revolution. That is precisely what is unfolding in Anambra State and across the South-East, where a new political culture is taking root under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

'Is Nigeria laying the foundation for future prosperity, or entrenching obligations that may outlive the benefits they were meant to create?'

By Sam Agogo

Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, Nigeria’s debt profile has undergone a dramatic transformation. What began as a fiscal adjustment strategy following subsidy removal has quickly escalated into one of the most aggressive borrowing cycles in the country’s history.

By Steve Osuji

Honour and Electoral Integrity: Professor Joash Amupitan should have resigned a few days ago. Is the chairman of the Independent National Election Commission waiting to be sacked? One expected that as a matter of honour and electoral integrity, the chief electoral umpire should have called a world press conference and read a two- paragraph mea culpa. A solemn admission of guilt and a dignified apology is what is left for the Professor of Law, to reclaim a bit of his honour and integrity. If he had wise advisers, this is the route they would press him to follow without further ado.

By Azu Ishiekwene

Six months after his appointment as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan appears determined to beat the record of Professor Maurice Iwu as the most mistrusted electoral administrator yet. Iwu, a professor of Pharmacognosy (the study of medicinal plants), also had the distinction of managing Nigeria’s worst elections in 2007. On top of that, he gave science a bad name with the dubious claim that he had discovered the cure for Ebola. The last thing Amupitan wants is to upstage Iwu’s sordid reputation. His comments on social media are stalking him, and he must be wondering if his job is over even before it started.