Opinion

From Visa Wars to Teachers’ Revolt, Is 2026 World Cup Becoming Football’s Most Troubled Tournament? By Jerry Adesewo The FIFA World Cup is usually a celebration of football.…

Democracy Day and the Unfinished Promise of Nigeria By Matthew Eloyi Every June 12 (since 2019), Nigeria pauses to celebrate Democracy Day. Former President Muhammadu Buhari made the…

Conntextualising Bishop Abioye’s Yearning for Nigeria’s Prophet Elijah By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi As if kowtowing to netizens’ pressure to exert their moral authority in…

Defending the Indefensible? Why Government PR Becomes a High-Risk Job in Times of Public Anger By Matthew Eloyi Public relations is often presented as a polished profession built on…

Nigeria’s Forgotten Children By Comfort Pius At a busy roadside in Maiduguri, a young boy no older than 10 stood under the scorching afternoon sun balancing a tray of groundnuts on his…

When Policy Is Absent: How Ideological Deficiency Is Undermining Democratic Maturity in Africa By Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola Democracy, in its truest form, is not sustained by the…

Taking the Bullet, or Shooting Nigerians With Economic Hardship? By Matthew Eloyi Bayo Onanuga’s recent article, “Bola Tinubu: the man who took the bullet for Nigeria to survive,”…

Three Years Later, Nigerians Are Still Waiting for the “Renewed Hope” By Matthew Eloyi By all standards, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s third anniversary speech was polished, confident,…

CHILDREN’S DAY IN CAPTIVITY: THE SHAME OF A NATION THAT CANNOT PROTECT ITS YOUNGEST CITIZENS By Matthew Eloyi While children across Nigeria marched in colourful uniforms, danced in…

The Anointment of Jonathan: When Nostalgia Wears a Campaign Tag By Ameh Abraham There is a kind of political amnesia that feels suspiciously like strategy. This was the case of the…