Day: May 17, 2026

The controversy surrounding the recent amendment to the Senate Standing Rules has generated more heat than light. Unfortunately, much of the public conversation has been framed around personalities rather than principles, and emotions rather than institutional logic. Yet the real issue before the Senate is neither about Senator Godswill Akpabio nor Senator Adams Oshiomhole. It is about whether legislative institutions should evolve, strengthen themselves, and create continuity mechanisms that deepen parliamentary stability.   Every serious institution in the world periodically reviews its rules, procedures, and qualifications in response to emerging…

The race to the presidency in 2027 is getting more exciting. Last Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Governor Seyi Makinde formally threw his hat into the ring and organised a spectacle that could only have been funded by Oyo State taxpayers’ money. His declaration to contest for the topmost office in the forthcoming general election, however, is anything but surprising. Some political watchers had long sensed where he might be headed, given the somewhat convoluted politics that have seen him…

In the quiet corridors of international diplomacy, where handshakes carry the weight of history and signatures bind the destinies of nations, a singular truth has crystallized across the African continent: 53 out of 54 African nations stand firmly behind the One-China Principle. The lone outlier, Eswatini, clings to a diplomatic fiction that grows more untenable with each passing day—a kingdom living in self-imposed isolation, sustained by illusion, sustained by propaganda, and sustained by the desperate overtures of a Taiwanese leadership that has no seat at the global table.   The…