Insights
Living on hope, waiting for a saviour
One metaphor that fittingly describes present-day Nigeria is the one that depicts the country as a badly behaved, accident-prone child....
Is Buhari on top of national security?
President Muhammadu Buhari’s body language and promises to respond forcefully to widespread abductions and murder of citizens by herdsmen have...
How we strayed from the path of democracy
A peep into Nigeria’s history will confirm that our political landscape is strewn with leaders who rode into office on...
Nigeria: Why nothing works
Nigeria has a reputation for gravitating between lawlessness and order, between poverty and opulence, between peaceful settlement of disputes and...
Is Nigeria a democracy?
In the past decade or so, the question has been asked: Is Nigeria a democracy? My response to the question...
Fighting crime with bare knuckles
The grim security situation facing the country was placed on the agenda of public discussion last week by the Acting...
Ngige facing public scrutiny
Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige is fast developing a not-so-ennobling character as a man who fights at the best...
Osinbajo’s quest for journalistic objectivity
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has asked professional journalists to adhere to their code of ethics to boost investigative journalism and objectivity...
Atiku: Who is a Nigerian?
Atiku Abubakar’s challenge of the election of Muhammadu Buhari currently going on at the election petition tribunal has thrown up...
Planning without census data: Juggling knives in darkness
Three years on since Nigeria planned to conduct a national population census in 2016, the government has remained silent and...
