By Sunday Dare On Thursday, we gathered in Ibadan not merely to remember the man SL Akintola but to reverence the enduring spirit of courage, intellect, and sacrifice of the…

Tunde Rahman I had long nursed the idea of visiting Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, given the exciting stories of infrastructure development, well-paved network of roads and other beautiful things I had heard about that country. When,…

By Babajide Fadoju From the moment I stepped off the plane at Makurdi Airport, the capital of Benue State, and made my way toward my hotel in the Government Reserved…

On January 21, 2026, Tokunbo Wahab, the Honorable Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources in Lagos State, led an inspection of the Obalende Underbridge and motor park area. What…

By Babajide Fadoju In 2026, the Nigerian Navy will officially turn 70, having come into existence on June 1, 1956, as the Nigerian Navy Defence Force (NNDF). The middle child…

By Dada Olusegun In the volatile theatre of international relations, where a single tweet or a misplaced word can trigger a diplomatic meltdown, the hallmark of authentic leadership is the…

The recent opinion article widely published in the media and credited to leading journalist, Reuben Abati with the headline “The Knee On EFCC’s Neck”, has sparked conversations in different circles…

I grew up in Lagos in a home shaped by chalk, lesson notes, and the quiet dignity of public service. My father and mother were teachers—dedicated, disciplined, and deeply committed…

Successive Nigerian governments have tried to close the country’s yawning electricity metering gap, rolling out a series of ambitious programmes with limited success. Today, Nigeria still has a deficit of…

At 48, Dr. Zacch Adedeji stands at the centre of one of the most consequential reforms in Nigeria’s economic history. Calm, methodical, and unapologetically reform-minded, Adedeji has earned the moniker…