Opinion

Olu Allen Let me state this without ambiguity: If it is true that Nigeria deployed troops into Benin Republic without first securing National Assembly approval, then we have stepped into …

Olu Allen What happened in Benin over the weekend should jolt every democrat in West Africa, especially in Nigeria. Soldiers appeared on national television to announce that they had taken …

Hassan Gimba Two weeks ago, in what may aptly be termed security diplomacy, Nuhu Ribadu, the super cop who proved his mettle as a corruption-fighting czar and now serves as …

Ahmad Ibrahim Tijjani The Renewed Hope Agenda, designed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to uplift citizens and reset Nigeria’s development trajectory, was meant to thrive on transparency, unity, and the …

Ahmed Yahaya Joe “Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.” – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister 1940-1945 …

Ahmed Yahaya-Joe “Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.” – Georg Hegel (1770-1831) What is the moral for …

Olu Allen Coprophagia, that disturbing act where a human or animal eats its own faeces, has always baffled scientists. Why, in the name of all things sanitary, would anyone return …

Hassan Gimba Last week, a Federal High Court judge, James Omotosho, sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on seven terrorism-related charges. This came after …

Olu Allen A seismic warning from a foreign power often clarifies foggy politics. For the Tinubu administration, Donald Trump’s blunt spotlight on Nigerian insecurity appears to have been the defibrillator …

Prof. Usman Yusuf I have seen, lived and benefited from a Nigeria led by patriotic and selfless leaders that cared deeply for the country and its citizens; they managed the …