By Reuben Abati THE BY-elections held across the country last Saturday in 16 constituencies across 12 states, in terms of the organization, the process and outcomes would seem to confirm one painful truth, namely that Nigeria’s democracy is still inchoate, tentative, fledgling, and that we are not yet anywhere near the target of democratic c...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper edition of Wednesday, 20 August, 2025). I DID not work at Concord newspapers where Dr. Doyin Abiola held sway during her stellar journalism career; I never even met her in person. If you have to meet a person before […]
By Owei Lakemfa THE NIGERIAN-born, American Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, visited her old country on August 14, 2025. A consummate politician, she told the Bola Tinubu administration what it loves to hear: that it is doing quite well. She told the suffering population what they know: that they [...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune edition of Sunday, 17 August, 2025). … and compromise air travel safety and security THE SAYING goes that too many cooks spoil the broth; in like manner, too many vested interests have intervened to trump justice, thereby setting a bad precedent […]...
By Owei Lakemfa ANAS JAMAL al-Sharif cried on air as he reported the on-going starvation of Gaza, a city of 2.1 million people. In so doing, he signed his death warrant. The regime in Israel said he was trying to mobilise the world against it by such sentiments. When the Israelis began to mount propaganda […]
I BELIEVE in Nigeria. But belief without truth is delusion. And the truth is this: if Nigeria is to thrive, some things must change, and radically too. Without changes, incompetence will continue to defer dreams and lives will be buried beneath the weight of preventable tragedies. The things that need to change are not mysteries. […]
By Olufemi Soneye When a Canadian federal court recently declared Nigeria’s two largest political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as terrorist organizations under Canadian law, it wasn’t just an immigration decision. It was a political earthquake with consequences that could...
By Babafemi Ojudu LAST WEEK, I sat quietly in church, watching Femi Osinbajo celebrate his 70th birthday, with his radiant 92-year-old mother beaming beside him. It was a beautiful moment, one of joy, grace, and gratitude. But in my mind, I saw something else. I saw wreckage. Dust. Screams. I saw the belly of a […]
By O’tega Ogra ECONOMIC REFORM is never painless. Every nation that has had to correct profound distortions has faced the same choice: take the hard medicine early, or delay and pay much more later. In times of public frustration, it is tempting to reach for the “gentle” option (the idea of gradual change), being pushed […]
By Adekunle Eniola IN ALMOST all the states of the federation, the Office of Service Matters is situated within the jurisdiction of the Head of Service (HOS) of each state. Accordingly, the Service Matters Office duties primarily concern the management and administration of the state’s civil service workforce. The office coordinates the...
