Opinion

Rekpene Bassey Dawn in Nigeria’s North-East has too often become a period of reckoning. Not merely of loss, but of unanswered military strategy. In the early hours of Sunday, 1 …

Rekpene Bassey The declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump that American forces have commenced “major combat operations” inside Iran under the codename Operation Epic Fury marks one of the most …

Rekpene Bassey The rumours had lingered for months in Nigeria’s political ether: whispers of illhealth, fatigue and speculation about tenure, muted agitation within the ranks. Then the announcement came with …

Zikirullahi M. Ibrahim The controversy surrounding the career of Retired DIG Frank Mba is a reminder of how easily Nigeria’s public discourse can be hijacked by ethnic sentiment. Claims that …

Olu Allen The All Progressives Congress (APC) is celebrating the Abuja council polls as a referendum on the performance of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Their stalwarts speak with the confidence of …

Olu Allen There was a time when opposition in Nigeria meant structure, patience, and long-term thinking. When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sat outside power, he did not outsource frustration to …

Rekpene Bassey The resurgence of ethnonationalism and anti-immigrant politics in the 21st century is not an episodic aberration but a structural response to profound global disruptions. Economic volatility, technological transformation, …

Olu Allen In Nigerian politics, Abuja is more than a capital; it is a mirror. What the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reflects is often the mood of the nation’s urban …

Olu Allen In Nigeria’s democratic journey, few figures embody the paradox of power like Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Once celebrated as a frontline NADECO activist who risked life and liberty to …

Mohammed Bello Doka When disaster strikes in Nigeria, federal response is supposed to follow human suffering, scale of destruction and urgency of need, not region, ethnicity or political geography. Yet …