Opinion

Olu Allen Brands live and die by perception. Across the world, companies have dropped ambassadors whose conduct endangered trust. Jaiz Bank’s decision to tie itself “for life” to a polarizing …

By Dan Kano I have watched Kano’s civil space rise and fall over the years, and I must confess, what we are living through today is one of the saddest …

Hassan Gimba But in reality, they do not know who they are, having become vessels for the new indolence that has deprived them of self-awareness and natural knowledge. Their goals …

Prof. Usman Yusuf The words of Thomas Aquinas, the foremost scholastic thinker and one of the most influential philosophers, are as true and fitting today as when they were said …

Olu Allen In 1999, when President Olusegun Obasanjo inherited a battered democracy and a debt-ridden economy, Nigeria was shackled by unsustainable foreign debt. But in one of the boldest acts …

By Ibrhim M. Zikirullahi, Executive Director, Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) From August 14–16, 2025, I journeyed to Montgomery, Alabama, not as a tourist, but as …

Hassan Gimba In the past year or so, I have become a sad man. I feel sorry for myself, as I cannot do much to stem the tide. I also …

Olu Allen When Osun’s local government allocations were withheld over APC–PDP turf wars, it wasn’t governance; it was a rigging rehearsal. Today’s off-season elections are 2027’s prologue. They test not …

AIG Salisu Fagge (Rtd) Phone snatching in Kano may look like a “small crime” on the surface, a sudden grab, a dash into traffic, a vanished device. But for many …

Olu Allen The constitutional ghost Section 130(1) of Nigeria’s Constitution names the President “Head of State.” Yet since May 2023, Nigerians have whispered a question that should never be necessary …