Articles and op-eds

In the just-concluded Continuous Voter Registration, 4.4 million Nigerians registered to vote in just four weeks, with the majority being young Nigerians numbering over 2.92 million. Analysts’ reviews suggest the rise is mainly driven...

“Nigerians don’t need any more condolences; they have had enough in the last three years,” former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said recently after the abduction of 39 people in Oyo. Perhaps, he spoke directly...

For years, many people in South-West Nigeria watched the frightening wave of mass abductions in the North with emotional distance. It was terrible, yes, but it often felt far away. Something on the news....

What is the essence of life if it cannot be lived? Or more poignantly, why must a young woman die because she made a comment on WhatsApp? These are the haunting questions that linger...

For more than two decades, Nigerians have periodically placed their hopes in technocrats (bankers, economists, lawyers, engineers, and academics) as agents of reform. Their credentials inspired confidence, and their entry into public life was...

I look forward to President Tinubu announcing new security initiatives over the next two days as part of a plan to generate confidence among international investors 

Given that President Tinubu is always going to be judged by what he does regarding insecurity, I expect him to unveil an animal husbandry policy that looks like this when he hits Europe next...

Some politicians depend on massive turnout to win; others thrive when citizens are too afraid to leave their homes to vote. The recent stream of videos from Benin City, of attacks on politicians and...

Seeing the sophisticated missile defence systems Israel and Iran are deploying as well as their drone capabilities should embarrass every Nigerian. We cannot even wipe out a ragtag army of religious zealots called Boko...

Gaze has been fixed for quite some time on the United States Congress and its independent investigation into the alleged Christian Genocide claims in Nigeria. Consequently, in February 2026, a landmark joint report from...