Opinion

Olu Allen The latest dispute over Peter Obi’s financial record in Anambra State has reached the point where political speeches are no longer enough. The argument now requires something far …

Olu Allen At Nigeria’s busiest land border with Benin Republic, a woman carrying a modest consignment of goods may look like just another trader trying to make a living. She …

While being interviewed on the Mic On Podcast, hosted by Channel Television’s Seun Okinbaloye on Friday, September 5, 2026, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, erstwhile vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, openly …

Yunusa Hamza Farin Dutse (Uban Dawakin Katukan Dutse) Professor Suwaiba’s recent argument about the difference between the academic standards of yesterday and the grades being recorded by students today deserves …

Iduh Onah THERE is a peculiar affliction that visits powerful men after prolonged exposure to applause. It begins innocently enough. First, they come to believe they are indispensable; then they …

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up …

Iduh Onah NIGERIA ’s 2027 election is already shaping up as a political farce. This is because of the intensely desperate political manoeuvring aimed at circumventing longstanding democratic tradition of …

Rekpene Bassey Nigeria is confronting an old law with a new question: when a citizen survives an attempt to end his or her life, should the state respond with handcuffs …

Olu Allen President Bola Tinubu has left Abuja for Europe for a three-week annual leave, with London as his first destination. The Presidency describes it as a “working vacation”. Tinubu …

The Arbiter The four-year cycle in our democratic journey is here once again. The whistle for the next round of elections has been blown with the release of the campaign …