By Prince Charles Dickson PhD Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti’s Coffin for Head of State was not merely a song. It was a funeral procession disguised as music, an indictment carried on saxophone, anger,...
A single word has quietly colonised Nigeria’s pre-election vocabulary — consensus. It is deployed with confidence, knowing they will not be challenged. Yet what is being paraded as consensus in many s...
By Yusuf Alhaji Lawan Not long ago, I wrote about a personal loss, the day my phone was stolen. But as I reflected more deeply, it became clear that what Nigeria loses daily to phone theft is far grea...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Rilwan Lanre Babalola as Special Adviser to the President on Power and Chairman of the newly created Presidential Task Force on Power Sector Reset and Restora...
LAGOS, NIGERIA – Political drama swept through Lagos on Monday as the state government was forced to issue an emergency rebuttal against explosive online reports claiming Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu h...
It is becoming increasingly clear that the 2027 general elections may have beenwon and lost even before the first ballot is cast. Nine months before the polls,the 2026 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, si...
LAGOS, NIGERIA – In a series of jawdropping operations that read like a Nollywood thriller, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted cocaine disguised in food flasks bound for ...
By Prince Charles Dickson PhD Bí ìtàkùn bá pa ẹnu pọ̀, wọn á mú erin so. If creeping plants could unite, they would easily tie up an elephant. Politics is full of men who confuse noise for destiny. Bu...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have filed a lawsuit against the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over “the arbitrary, u...
In a country where expectations are historically low but somehow still manage to beunmet, the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has boldly charted a new course:redefining what it means to succeed by...