Opinion

Ahmed Yahaya Joe “You see, we are very smart people.”– General Ibrahim Babangida, p.61 This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria (2000) by Karl Maier While Minna’s hilltop oracle is …

Olu Allen Let’s not lie, as 2027 draws near, trust is the real ballot. Nigerians no longer fear who will win; we fear who will count the votes. Enter May …

Olu Allen Let’s be honest: in Nigeria, even money can become a puzzle. Since the contentious currency redesign policy of February 2023, Nigerians have been navigating the surreal reality of …

Olu Allen Let’s talk honestly. I’m a Christian. I’ve seen the pain, the funerals, the burnt churches, the widows who still keep a chair empty at family prayers. Nobody can …

Hassan Gimba Whoever tells you prayers don’t work does not know nothing! Kai, this speaking like a Yankee wannabe has pushed me off my regular lane. By the way, who has even observed that – …

Aminu Hussaini Sagagi The events unfolding in Kano State have once again placed Nigeria’s democratic institutions under scrutiny. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), established as an instrument of law and …

Olu Allen Today is Independence Day. As usual, the script will play out: the president appears in a starched agbada, the cameras zoom in, and he recites promises of “hope,” …

Hassan Gimba Contemplate this: I am someone born in Kaduna just after Nigeria was born, cut my teeth in the undulating plains of Fika, ran around on the cloud-caressing plateaux …

Musa Na Allah, Sokoto At a time when the world is battling the twin crises of climate change and food insecurity, one Nigerian is proving that the answers may not …

Olu Allen When Nasir El-Rufai warned that a Tinubu victory in 2027 could morph the president into “another Paul Biya,” it landed with the calculated mischief we expect from a …