I am missing Nigeria at the ongoing World Cup.  If Nigeria had managed, somehow, to qualify and to be participating, the Super Eagles, under Eric Chelle, and with the increasing number of gifted Nigerian players caught in Eric’s scouting web around Europe these past few months, would have been one of the teams to beat […]

A few years ago, Sunday Igboho was a mere fugitive.After his confrontations with Fulani herdsmen, Buhari’s police declared him wanted. He fled the country. In Cotonou, he walked into a trap. His fabled juju lost its signal, and he was dumped into dungeon.   Before that incarceration, Igboho had issued grave threats against Tinubu and every Yoruba politician seeking to legitimise […]

Time was, and it seemed such a long time now, when being a travelling Nigerian was a delight. Travelling Nigerians had money to spend courtesy of a generous BTA (Basic Travel Allowance). We had goodwill to spend courtesy of our cheerful, sunny disposition. And in some cases, we had I.O.U. to collect courtesy of our generous, benevolent […]

When next I come across the First Female President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Diezani Alison Madueke, I will blow kisses all over her palm. It is strange that of all the criminals who brought Nigeria down to ground zero, many eyes are on someone who was Minister of Petroleum Resources for just five […]

I met him through Ferial Haffajee, a fellow judge on the CNN African Journalist of the Year panel for several years and also a fellow member of the board of the World Editors Forum in those early days. Ferial is one of the most outstanding journalists on the continent, but this article is not about her. […]

The United States, US Vice President JD Vance, returned home from Switzerland this Monday, June 22, 2026, announcing that the foundations of peace with Iran have been laid. But in reality, there are many obstacles to the peace deal. These include President Donald Trump threatening to level Iran if it again shuts the Strait of Hormuz. […]

While complaining about knee-jerk Nigerian defeatism on this page last week, I pointed out that it’s ridiculous for Nigerians to throw their hands up in despair or resignation and assume that domineering leaders are omnipotent, invincible and in complete control. I said that whenever people assure me that Tinubu will definitely win next year’s election by a […]

MIDWEEK, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment bill that will now establish state police in our country. The bill, an executive initiative transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, officially sets the stage to dismantle the decades-old unitary structure of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and replace it with a dual model. That new, dual […]

Senator Seriake Dickson, founder and leader of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, and the duo of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential flagbearer and running mate, are in a marriage of convenience. Obi and Kwankwaso were like a driver in need of a vehicle; Dickson’s NDC was a vehicle in need of a driver. […]

I was saddened watching Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, discuss the state of the nation on Arise Television on Tuesday. To be fair, though, he is the president’s spokesperson and his job entails defending the indefensible. But beyond that, he has the reputation of insensitivity to the plight […]

Your body is communicating right now. Before you say a single word, your shoulders, your hands, your posture, and your breathing are already sending a message to everyone watching you. The question is: what message are you sending? Nervous body language undermines everything you say. It doesn’t matter how brilliant your ideas are or how thoroughly […]

This week we’ll start off with a bit on Westminster-style parliamentary politics. This, since Peter Obi, the NDC presidential candidate, has advised President Bola Tinubu to take a leaf out of the political book of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who yesterday announced his resignation from office. The resignation was a long time coming. […]

Together, they went to fight and defeat a common enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran. But they came out of it bickering. The United States of America and the Jewish State of Israel enjoy what both sides term an “unbreakable bond.” This bond developed organically after US President Harry Truman summarily recognised the State of Israel […]

As the stakeholders’ meeting on the determination of the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR) was holding in Lagos last week, there were some unpleasant developments happening across some telecommunications networks which, at once, underlined one of the major reasons for such a meeting. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, ALTON President, told this writer that that very morning of […]

As the stakeholders’ meeting on the determination of the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR) was holding in Lagos last week, there were some unpleasant developments happening across some telecommunications networks which, at once, underlined one of the major reasons for such a meeting. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, ALTON President, told this writer that that very morning of June […]