By Bola Bolawole

Prussian war strategist, Carl von Clausewitz, defines war as the continuation of politics by other means. In other words, when diplomacy fails, nations resort to war to achieve the same objectives they had set out to achieve with diplomacy. Thus, war is not an end in itself but a means to an end. And like Niccolo Machiavelli posits in his political treatise, The Prince, the end justifies the means. Once the end or objective is achieved, then, the loss, destruction, dislocation, and terrible suffering that war brings become justified.

By Bolanle Bolawole

“I am proud of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…”

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.

By Bolanle Bolawole

“I am proud of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…”

“Which senate are you talking about - our rubber-stamp senate or the senate of the Republic of somewhere else?”

By Steve Osuji

The president and his party are obviously in a frenzy. The next election in 2027 seems like a last battle for them. The passcode in the country today which gives them away is 'support Tinubu.' It's as if the president is an invalid on crutches needing support. No official speech ends without a word for President Tinubu; every government activity dovetails into a subtle campaign for reelection of President Bola Tinubu. The desperation, or shall we say, trepidation, by the ruling party over the 2027 general elections is so intense one wonders if anything else is attended to by this government.

By Jude Ogechi Eze

In a small riverside community, there is a story often told of a young boatman who inherited a vessel already battered by years of neglect. The elders warned him: “This river is not kind to the unprepared.” But what they did not tell him was that the real danger lay not in the river’s turbulence, but in the constant voices from the shore; critics shouting conflicting directions, skeptics predicting failure, and rivals hoping the current would consume him. The young man, however, chose a different path. He listened, but he did not waver. With steady hands and quiet resolve, he navigated the storm, and, in time, the same voices that once doubted him fell silent as the boat glided into calmer waters.