By Olukorede Yishau LET ME welcome you this way: There is something poetic about seasons, about one man leaving the stage after years of carrying the weight of an institution on his shoulders and another man walking in, not with empty hands, but with expectations piled so high they almost become visible. They are the […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE IF ANYONE should ask me now, what is the centrepiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy, I am afraid I will not be able to coherently and confidently offer a response! This is despite the fact that I read – and still read – Political Science, teach it, and was a Foreign Affairs correspondent […]
By Owei Lakemfa THERE ARE one hundred and thirty active wars lit around the world today and three outstanding men can be linked to many of them. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has emerged the best tactician and strategist of the threesome. Always playing the victim, he just pulled off a major tactical link […]
By Olukorede Yishau THERE ARE people whose nicknames trump their birth names any day, any time. So popular are their nicknames that even newspaper editors are forced to use them in headlines because doing otherwise is failing the cardinal rule of headline. casting. The popularity of these nicknames extend to more territories. They also linge...
By Yetunde B. Oni Confidence rarely arrives before the opportunity. It arrives afterwards, once we have found the courage to begin. THERE IS a conversation I have had, in one form or another, with many talented people over the years. It usually begins with hesitation. Someone capable and clearly gifted explains why they are not […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “CONDUCTS THAT negatively impact public perception of Government”, published here two weeks ago, was widely commented upon by readers. Some of the insights introduced by readers, many of whom I have only met and interacted with online, deserve to be highlighted for public consumption. The goal is not to chide or embarra...
By Babafemi Ojudu FOR THE past two weeks, I have been inundated with stories of empty hotels, deserted lounges, quiet supermarkets, and struggling businesses across Ekiti State, particularly in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. “Could this be real?” has been the question I asked myself. The explanation was simple, everyone said. The E...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “The defect lies in making manual recording or manual collation the automatic fallback without imposing strict safeguards. It also makes Form EC8A the primary basis for collation and declaration. That drafting dilutes the reform because the exception may swallow the rule. The amendment is further objectionable because it c...
By Owei Lakemfa THE TRANSFORMATIVE Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is mired in endless controversies. This is the fate of great monuments and, I dare say, great leaders. So, my primary concerns here are not the hullabaloos about its actual cost and absence of biddings or, its ever- changing designs as it meanders through coast and land. [&helli...
By Owei Lakemfa A DOZEN Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), met in Lungi, Sierra Leone on July 19, 2026. They issued the usually bland communique on a single currency, supported the illegal violation of a sister country’s sovereignty and made false declarations on the region’s political situat...
