By Azu Ishiekwene

Friends, admirers, and the “Obidient” fanbase of the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet “Okwute,” which in Igbo, Nigeria’s third-largest socio-linguistic group, means rock, boulder, or stone. Quite a nice alias – especially if you associate some doctrinal nuances of Obi’s faith with his first name, Peter.

By Bola Bolawole

This appears to be a season of anomy. Controversies, conflicts, and chaos wallop the atmosphere. People are still discussing and arguing over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to London. Who were the gainers? And who were the losers? The economics of the visit, as some critics have argued, suggests that the British merely used us to feather their own nests.

By Bolanle Bolawole

“Do you think President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will revisit his ambassadorial-nominee list, seeing the avalanche of criticisms that have trailed some of the names on the list? Some of them have even been rejected by the countries they were posted to!”

By Max Amuchie

There is a particular kind of silence that follows a kidnapping. It is not the absence of sound, but the absence of certainty. Phones stay charged. Families stop sleeping. Every unknown number becomes both hope and dread. In that silence, the Nigerian citizen is reduced to a negotiable asset—waiting, not for justice, but for a price.

By Kio Amachree

Nigeria is not a country anymore. It is a personal enterprise — and the man running it is President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a self-styled “godfather” whose methods of holding power bear more resemblance to organised crime than constitutional governance. With 2027 fast approaching, the question 230 million Nigerians must ask themselves — loudly, defiantly, and internationally — is this: How long will we allow one man’s hunger for power to consume an entire nation? Enough is enough. It is time to name the machine, expose its parts, and dismantle it piece by piece.

By Azu Ishiekwene

This is the last thing the African Democratic Congress (ADC) wants to hear, but it has to be said, even if the party digs its thumbs in its ear. It began with the party’s delayed registration. When things were not moving as quickly as the early defectors, mostly from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), had expected, they accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of stalling the registration and of using the Ralph Okey Nwosu-led faction to stoke the delay.