By Dr Josephine O. Soboyejo, Ph.D., CCLC I AM not engaging in rhetoric or supporting or opposing, as many Nigerians are doing right now. I want to present the facts I have gathered through research and personal investigation. I spent forty-five years in the political space of Nigeria, serving as an elected member of the […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “ARE REFORMERS-rulers jinxed? Why do they often suffer the dire consequences of the misrule of their predecessors? Sultan Tuman Bay the Second, the Mamluk reformer-ruler of Egypt; Emperor Louis XVI, the reformist Bourbon ruler of France who got caught up in the French Revolution of 1789; Mikhail Gorbachev, the reform...
By Tunde Rahman IN AN age when the lines between truth and falsehood are getting increasingly blurred, I was nonplussed when President Trump labelled Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern on October 31. My incredulity was heightened given that his action stemmed from unproven allegations of genocide against Christians. Was it another deepfa...
By Olukorede Yishau FOREIGN INTERVENTION has never been the cure for internal troubles. Lest we forget, every time powerful nations have marched into weaker ones with promises of salvation, the outcome has been heartbreak, not healing. Somalia learnt this bitter lesson in the early 1990s when American troops landed to restore peace but left b...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in Bola BOLAWOLE’s TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper of Wednesday, November 5, 2025). WHEN I first ran into the news on 28 October, 2025 on the platform of the University of Ibadan Political Science alumni association, of the transition of one Professor Irene Pogoson, I [&hellip...
By Fredrick Nwabufo “THE PRECISION strikes, coupled with enhanced battlefield awareness provided by the theatre’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets, gave troops additional leverage and impetus to respond with overwhelming and lethal force,” — Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Spokesperson of the Joint Tas...
By Babafemi Ojudu GREAT NATIONS are not defined by how loudly they shout in moments of provocation, but by the wisdom, clarity, and steadiness they bring to bear. Today, Nigeria stands at a delicate juncture. Emotions are high, rhetoric is rising, and both global and domestic actors are testing nerves. But this is a time […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE IMAGES of the police taking on demonstrators in the streets of Tanzania and Cameroun, following disputed elections, remind me of the first time I was battered by policemen. I was 17 and had gone to the Kings Cinema on Lewis street, Lagos Island. After the film, my friend, Albert Biodun Okopie […]
By Olufemi Soneye THE RECENT decision by the United States to classify Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” has stirred global attention, but it also risks overlooking significant reforms and security gains currently underway in Africa’s largest democracy. While Nigeria faces undeniable security and religious-tolerance challenges, the...
By Comrade Gerald O. Katchy, THERE IS a timeless saying: “What goes round comes around.” That is karma for you a reminder that actions, whether political or moral, eventually return to their source. Politics of Karma and the Lessons of 2015 In a recent comment, a supporter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) openly admitted […]...
