Opinion
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When will Nigerian leaders build worthy stadiums? By Martins Oloja
‘Football-crazy people with only one FIFA-approved stadium’. There is a question that should embarrass Nigerian leaders and elite who claim to…
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The future of Nigeria and the menace of insecurity By Dakuku Peterside
What happens to a nation when its people become afraid to farm, travel, send their children to school or dream?…
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Atiku’s demagoguery in the face of Tinubu’s logical policies By Sunday Dare
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s recent press conference in Abuja—where he attacked NNPC Retail’s 30-day discount on petrol price and…
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The futility of the counterfeit: Why human history vindicates the Divine Architecture of purpose By Isaac Megbolugbe
October 2026 Introduction For generations, the modern world has engaged in a massive, systemic experiment: the attempt to construct a…
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As my chicks played with hawks of Zamfara… By Festus Adedayo
Accepting to be in Zamfara State a little over a week ago appeared to me as the dangerous dalliance between…
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Celebrating the girl-child today By Chief Emeka Asinugo
The International Day of the girl-child is observed every October 11. The occasion offers people everywhere in the world an…
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30-day fuel: Alálùpàídà and his devil’s water By Festus Adedayo
When the Nigerian government announced a 30-day temporary fuel price intervention last Thursday, likes began to attract likes. In the…
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The person on the other end of the line By Olufunmilola ‘Funmie’ Aluko
This Customer Service Week, the extra mile starts with something simpler: making sure that when a customer, caller, or visitor…
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Why Tony Elumelu’s listed stock portfolio experienced a massive surge By Chief Emeka Asinugo
When the numbers flashed across the trading boards of the Nigerian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, even seasoned market…
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The architecture of synthesized power: Macroeconomic resilience, tech sovereignty, and the new global order By Isaac Megbolugbe
October 2026 Introduction The resilience of global financial markets has long defied conventional macroeconomic theory. For decades, the dominant economic…
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Kwara APC: How a succession battle became a political earthquake By Ehi Braimah
Politics is rarely only about elections; it is also about succession, control, alliances, interests and the management of political expectations.…
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The symphony of the unified self: A manifesto for an awakening lifestyle By Isaac Megbolugbe
October 2026 Introduction: The Sacred Blur We are taught from infancy to divide the world to conquer it. We label,…
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New York parade showcases Nigeria’s soft power, diaspora strength – Amb. Jidda
One of the floats on display at the 66th Nigeria Independence Day Parade on Saturday in New York By Tiamiyu…
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Nigerian politicians should stop tribalizing the country: Enough is enough By Emeka Asinugo
Nigeria has lived with the consequences of ethnic politics for so long that many Nigerians have come to regard it…
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Nigeria Since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have…
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Akpabio and Obono-Obla’s “bala-bala” By Festus Adedayo
When your speech appears to contain gibberish or is empty, a famous Yoruba slang gives such talk the moniker, bala-bala…
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Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s Yoruba proverb By Lasisi Olagunju
A gentleman called Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour wants to be governor of Lagos State. But he cannot speak the language of the…
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Kadara and the return of a president By Lasisi Olagunju
President Bola Tinubu is a very lucky strongman who has die-hard supporters, even among his victims. One of my friends…
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Decoupling Sovereignty Index (2): The wardrobe of survival in a decoupled zone By Max Amuchie
In The Sunday Stew of 7 June 2026 I unveiled the Decoupling Sovereignty Index (DSI) and introduced the three vectors,…
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Our president is ready to kick, ready to work By Festus Adedayo
When President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua departed the shores of Nigeria for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia on November 23, 2009,…
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The fourth Republic at 66: Nigeria and the politics of deferred arrival By (Hon)Dr. Emmanuel A. Ibeshi
At sixty-six years of independence, Nigeria remains one of the great paradoxes of the modern world: a country blessed with…
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Nigeria at 66: Looking back, looking forward By Peter Obi (Full text of October 1 address)
Fellow Nigerians, Today we mark the sixty-sixth anniversary of our independence. It ought to be a day of celebration and…
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A comedy of errors of the Framework il-literati By Kehinde Bamigbetan
The narrative is simple. On September 24, 2026, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development issued a press statement on the…
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Nigerian independence wasn’t ready-made; We have to work for it 66 years later By Ebuka Ukoh
On October 1, 1960, the Union Jack lowered, and Nigeria’s green-and-white banner rose over a sovereign state. Sixty-six years later,…
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The technocratic illusion: Transhumanism as the ultimate echo of the Edenic fall By Isaac Megbolugbe
Executive Summary Core Thesis: The modern transhumanist movement is not a revolutionary leap in human evolution; it is the ultimate, technological…
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