Issues in President Tinubu’s UK state visit
By Temitope Ajayi President Bola Tinubu will land at the airport on March 17, 2026 to begin a historic State Visit that will showcase to the world the unique bond…
Tunji Disu, Oyedele: Revving up the governance engine
By Tunde Rahman Last week has been hugely significant in Nigeria’s contemporary history. The plaudits arising from the announcement of Executive Order 9, aimed at curbing opacity in the operations…
2027: Debunking the Myth of Ilorin’s “Two-Son Dilemma”
By Alfa Jimoh As conversations around the 2027 governorship election in Kwara State slowly gather momentum, a curious narrative has begun to circulate: that the Ilorin Emirate faces a difficult…
Harvesting Hope: Governor Hyacinth Alia’s Agricultural Transformation in Benue by Babajide Fadoju
While in Makurdi, I found myself in a sun-baked field just outside Gboko, standing beside a man named Terseer Ikyo. He wore a faded cap and held a small digital…
Visionary Investor Femi Sanni-Araba: Pioneering Sports Development for a Brighter Nigerian Youth
Engr. Femi Sanni (Araba) is a visionary entrepreneur and engineer whose career embodies the perfect blend of technical mastery, strategic innovation and social impact. With a foundation in engineering excellence,…
New Electoral Act: Tempering Ebullience with Reason
By Tunde Rahman A few days ago, the National Assembly completed the review of the 2022 Electoral Act, harmonising differences in the amendments passed by the two chambers. In a…
The Araba Touch; When Private Hearts Meet Public Health In Kwara By Babajide Fadoju
Some forms of impact do not wait for ribbon-cutting ceremonies. They arrive quietly, long before policy documents are finalised and long before official photographs are framed. They arrive with stethoscopes,…
Beyond the compulsory real-time transmission of results
By Temitope Ajayi Our habit of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious scrutiny. The popular justification, continuous improvement, sounds persuasive but does not withstand close examination.…
Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa
By Ademola Oshodi West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem, and coercive institutions begin to set the…
Opportunity has no mother tongue: How President Tinubu’s NELFUND provides equal access
By Dare Ojepe In a country where identity often arrives before ability, it is no small thing when a public policy chooses to listen differently. Nigeria, with its many tongues…