-By Abdul Mahmud Death has always had impeccable timing in Nigerian politics. Campaign managers, pollsters and party apparatchiks are never consulted, although the political class somehow receives the message; before the condolences’ registers announce themselves at the entrances of the houses of mourning, convoys begin to gather with punctuality, funeral ceases to be a private … [Read more…]
By SNC Nwagu, FIICA, MNIIA CORE ARGUMENT US-Iran hostility in 2026 is not a distant Middle East problem. It transmits directly to Nigeria through four channels: oil, money, food, and security. Until Nigeria builds refining, food, and currency capacity, we will keep paying for wars we did not start. INTRODUCTION A war 6,000 miles away … [Read more…]
Today, I had one of the proudest moments of my life. As a technologist I was assigned, as the IT personnel, to set up the boardroom for a high-level Business Strategy and Innovation meeting. Everything was ready the network, the presentation systems, and every technical detail. Once I was done, I sat outside the boardroom … [Read more…]
By Prince Ejeh Josh Some people pass through life chasing recognition; others leave behind something far more enduring—the quiet gratitude of lives they have touched. Their names may not dominate headlines every day, yet they are remembered in whispered prayers, heartfelt testimonies and the silent triumphs of those they once lifted from uncertainty to hope. … [Read more…]
By Clinton Umeh “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” — Jonathan Swift “The purpose of looking at the future is to disturb the present.” — Gaston Berger Every generation is remembered for the leaders who merely managed the present and those who dared to redefine the future. History rarely celebrates … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud The American-English poet, T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral is, on its face, a play about the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. Beneath its religious setting, however, it is a profound meditation on power, authority and the moral corrosion that occurs when political office comes to regard … [Read more…]
By Dr. Chukwuebuka Agah Politics has never been a contest of ideas alone; it is also a battle of narratives. Throughout history, candidates who inspire enthusiasm, attract grassroots support, or threaten entrenched political interests often become targets of coordinated attacks aimed at diminishing their public appeal. There is an old saying in politics: when your … [Read more…]
By Ikechukwu Amaechi There is no well-meaning Nigerian who is not relieved that the Oyo State kidnap saga ended happily despite the multiple fatalities and the 56 agonising days it took the country to embrace, once again, the light at the end of what was, to all intents and purposes, a very dark chapter in … [Read more…]
By Mike Ebuka Nkanu East Local Government Area stands on the precipice of a transformative epoch. Across the council, stakeholders, traditional rulers, and community leaders are coalescing behind Engr. Mike Ogbuekwe, a technocrat widely adjudged to possess the foresight, competence, and political will to unlock the council’s latent potential. Nkanu East is endowed with expansive … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud The recent demonstrations in Ghana, where some protesters openly demanded that Nigerians leave their country, should trouble every thoughtful Nigerian for reasons that extend beyond the immediate insult, since the spectacle of fellow Africans questioning the place of Nigerians within their countries represents not merely a diplomatic embarrassment but a painful reminder … [Read more…]
By SNC Nwagu, Esq The centralised Nigeria Police Force was never designed to handle the scale, spread, and complexity of insecurity that defines Nigeria today. A constitutionally grounded, multi-level state policing framework is not a radical idea — it is an overdue necessity. Nigeria’s insecurity in 2026 is no longer episodic. It is structural. From … [Read more…]
By Etim Etim Murder for political reasons is not rare in Nigeria, so when Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, said the other day that he might be assassinated before the 2027 elections, I was considerably alarmed. Only last February, Obi and his team were shot at in Benin in what his supporters claimed … [Read more…]