Category: Opinion

The music in the Government House is still playing, but the people in the town hall are starting to walk out. For three years, we watched the dance and enjoyed the show, but as August 15, 2026, approaches, the rhythm in Osun is changing. It’s no longer about the “vibe” – it’s about the vacancy in our pockets and the chaos in our local councils. The ‘Imole’ slogans are still ringing in Osogbo, but out here in the streets of Ikirun and Iwo, a cold sobriety is setting in. The…

Nigeria’s political landscape has once again been stirred by controversy following the criticism trailing the recent defection of Enyinnaya Abaribe to another political party outside the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The backlash has raised fundamental questions about political tolerance, democratic fairness, and the apparent double standards in the reactions of the ruling party when lawmakers switch political allegiances. For years, Nigeria’s political arena has witnessed a steady flow of opposition lawmakers defecting to the APC. In many cases, these defections were celebrated by the ruling party, welcomed with fanfare,…

For Associate Professor Falmata Babagana Zulum, in the last six years has utilised the opportunity as wife of the Governor , Babagana Umara Zulum, and Borno State first Lady to touch people’s life in all areas .   Not minding the emergency situations of the usual palpable environment, Associate Professor Falmata, a trained academic and expert.in public health, with Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Maiduguri, deployed her passion and wealth of experience into attending to social services on women and children, in collaboration with global…

Nigeria’s maritime sector, the gateway through which over 80 per cent of the nation’s international trade flows, is undergoing a sweeping transformation, which is being midwifed by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho. Anchored on port modernisation, digital trade facilitation and institutional reform, the new maritime policy direction is designed to reposition Nigeria’s seaports as competitive hubs within the global shipping ecosystem     Last week, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) released its 2025 report showing that the nation’s maritime sector recorded a historic surge…

On August 2, 1100, England’s King William II went hunting in the New Forest in southern England. During the chase, an arrow shot at a stag by his companion, the Norman nobleman Walter Tirel struck an oak tree, ricocheted, and pierced the king’s chest. The king died right there. The spot where he fell is today marked by the Rufus Stone.   History records the episode as an accident. Yet the story has endured for nearly a thousand years as a powerful illustration of unintended consequences. An arrow meant for…

I am in receipt of a letter that asked parents to pay for an excursion to England. I was very perturbed because this goes beyond the mandate of the school. These kids barely know the geography of Nigeria, and you want to export them to another culture for indoctrination and cultural imperialism.   What is London for the Nigerian child? Are we still under colonialism? This program has nothing to improve the child except to give them a false sense of elitism which has destroyed Nigeria.   In these tough…

In line with his mandate and focus, the National Assembly,NASS under the management of Barrister Kamoru Ogunlana as Clerk of the National Assembly CNA is going by it’s words through training and retraining of the entire workforce numbering over 7,000, which included the Legislative Aides of Federal Lawmakers.   Not compromising the ethics and lay down procedures,the administrative guru and head of the National Assembly management embarked on the training of directors on the intricacies of leadership in the current dispensation.   With the Renewed Hope Agenda, RHA of President…

The way things are panning out, by the time President Bola Tinubu finishes his course, he will be competing with Mrs. Malaprop in serial gaffes. Mrs Malaprop was a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1775 play, The Rivals. Her name was derived from the French phrase mal à propos, which translates to “inappropriate”. In the play, Mrs. Malaprop was notorious for her frequent misspeaks which gave comic effect to the play. She used words that were meaningless but sounded similar, though out of sync with words she intended to say.…

The former Minister of Youth and Sports and current Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication, Chief Sunday Akin Dare went down memory lane to X-ray the political sagacity of the late sage , Late Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, SLA , the Aare ona Kakanfo of Yoruba , “The Generalissimo” and former Premier of the old Western Region, who was killed sixty years ago during the first military coup in the country in 1966. Though , I was not born at then , but I had the experience in…