Opinion
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“Who build dis gada?” and other stories By Festus Adedayo
For Nigerians old enough to remember the 1990s, the phrase “Who build dis gada here?” was proudly hung on Brigadier…
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Xenophobia and the abandonment of foreign policy… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 If anyone should ask me now what is the centrepiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy, I am…
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The Sundiata Post Model (5): Seven pillars of the Realm of the Long Term By Max Amuchie
In the previous article, I introduced the concept of the Realm of the Long Term. I argued that every institution…
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If the 2027 elections are to be credible…II By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “The defect lies in making manual recording or manual collation the automatic fallback without imposing strict…
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Abuja @50: What happened to Wike’s promise? By MARTINS OLOJA
History has a way of keeping receipts. On February 3, 2026, Abuja turned 50. Fifty years since the Federal Capital…
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Dr. Jonathan must look to serve humanity, not just Nigeria By Emeka Asinugo
There is a profound, almost sacred obligation that falls upon the shoulders of statesmen who, in their time, touched the…
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The future belongs to those who show up By Yetunde B. Oni, MD, Union Bank
There is a conversation I have had, in one form or another, with many talented people over the years. It…
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Sanwo-Olu’s Lens of Lagos: Against All Odds, a city’s soul in pictures By Gboyega Akosile
The grand ballroom of Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, became a living canvas of Lagos’ story as Governor Babajide…
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The Epistemic Inversion: The subjective arrogance of the Secular Integration Project By Dr. Isaac Megbolugbe
The core of the metaphysical crisis facing modern intellectual discourse is the spectacular failure of the secularism project and the…
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Xenophobia: Africa must unite, not divide By Ehi Braimah
Amid the diplomatic tensions between Nigeria and South Africa, another Nigerian named Ibeh Chika Simon, 42, died during a South…
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The idiocy of political enmity By Emeka Asinugo
Politics is often described as the art of governance and the science of managing competing interests for the common good.…
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How President Tinubu is redrawing the South-east political map By Tunde Rahman
When the 2023 presidential election results were announced, many analysts and commentators gave a largely unanimous verdict regarding the voting…
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Budget of bandits by bandits for bandits By UGO ONUOHA
IMMEDIATELY after Nigeria gained independence from colonial Britain in 1960, it adopted what was known and called Fixed National Plans.…
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Turning AfCFTA into local meaning By Dr. Wale Osofisan
Last Thursday evening, I had the privilege of being the Guest Speaker at the Rotary Club of Lavington Nairobi, Kenya.…
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For JAMB’s Ishaq Oloyede By Lasisi Olagunju
In 1528, the sixteenth-century Italian writer Baldassare Castiglione published his classic, The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro del Cortegiano).…
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The Agẹmọ curse and Nigeria’s free fall By Festus Adedayo
“They just tend not to be honest. Nigerians as a group, frankly, are marvelous scammers. I mean, it is in…
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Politicians who sell their own toes By Lasisi Olagunju
Somewhere in present-day Osun State, about a hundred years ago, an oba ordered a manhunt for a troublesome strongman in…
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Milestone: First Northern Nigerian female Professor to head a university outside of Nigeria By Prof. Olalekan Banwo
A barrier breaking milestone has been made with the appointment of a Nigerian Professor, Nazmat Surajudeen-Bakinde as the first substantive…
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The strategic imperative of global business summits on Africa By Ehi Braimah
Africa has emerged as one of the most strategic frontiers for global investment, trade, innovation, and economic transformation. With a…
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Nigeria’s Stanford warning: When institutions normalise the abuse of power By Dakuku Peterside
Sometimes, a country confronts scandals that appear disconnected: corruption in one institution, brutality in another, and questions of legality or…
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The Sundiata Post Model (4): Realm of the long term By Max Amuchie
This fourth instalment of the Sundiata Post Model asks the inevitable question: What must a knowledge-producing newsroom do to survive,…
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Did Abacha actually die on top of a woman? By Festus Adedayo
The Yoruba establish a direct causal relationship between tragic news and emotional grief. They observe that if the ears are…
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If the 2027 elections must be credible… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I once advocated that we create a Ministry or agency charged with the responsibility of harnessing…
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This is grand larceny, not governance By Emeka Asinugo
There is always a difference between a country and a nation. The country is a territory with a government and…
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Russia–Ukraine war: The bloodiest European war since 1945 By Uche J. Udenka
More than four years after Russian forces crossed Ukraine’s borders in February 2022, the war has become the defining geopolitical…
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