When those in power cannot see hunger, celebrate ignorance, and reward minimal effort, what exactly are they building? Last week, Nigeria held up three mirrors to itself. In each reflection,…
Judicial rascality exposed as court eliminates opposition parties weeks before elections. There's something deeply troubling about what unfolded at the Federal High Court recently. Justice Peter Lifu handed down a…
Every empty classroom seat in Nigeria tells a story. Some belong to children pushed out of the classroom by poverty and insecurity. Others belong to children whose parents no longer…
Children's Day 2026 arrived as a bitter reminder of our national failure to protect those who should matter most. Yesterday was Children's Day in Nigeria. On this date every year…
When Tosin Eniolorunda, co-founder of Moniepoint, said at The Platform Nigeria in Lagos that the company struggled to find Nigerian candidates who met its required “global standards,” the remark triggered…
When a sitting governor invokes 'Operation Wetie' in a public address, and the ruling party responds by accusing him of inciting violence, something has broken in the country's political discourse.…
NNPC Limited is not looking very good right now when it comes to managing the revenues that should ordinarily belong to the Nigerian Federation. The truth is that it has…
By Musa Ilallah,A public affairs analyst based in Abuja.He can be reached at musahk123@yahoo.com Successive Nigerian governments have tried to close the country’s yawning electricity metering gap, rolling out a…
In a familiar script that Nigerians can now recite from memory, the federal government has once again ordered the withdrawal of police officers from protecting Very Important Personalities (VIPs). This…
Fifteen years ago, we travelled as a family to Berlin, Germany, at our own expense, to present the exciting results of our research, which we carried out at our own…
