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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Opinion

July 30, 2025

How Sultan’s permanent chairmanship of Nigerian traditional rulers revives legacy of conquest

Thankfully, prominent groups across the country, including Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Middle Belt Forum, and the Concerned Hausa Stakeholders, have strongly rejected the proposed law.

Sultan of Sokoto, Dr Sa’ad Abubakar II
July 28, 2025

 Kanmi Ishola-Osobu, transactional activism and the price of principles

True activists fight for the future. Transactional activists fight for contracts.

Gani Fawehinmi and Fela Kuti
July 27, 2025

As another Nigerian judge seeks to suffocate citizens’ voting rights

A decision by Oluseyi Owoeye of the Federal High Court marks the latest in an increasingly fevered judicial push to decapitate citizenship as the basis for government in Nigeria.

Chidi Odinkalu
July 24, 2025

Peter Obi’s dangerous game

Obi has fallen for the seduction that his salvation lies with joining Atiku, Amaechi, and former Governor Nasir El-Rufai in a coalition to nowhere. I’m shocked.

Rotimi Amaechi, Peter ObI and Nasir El Rufai
July 23, 2025

South-East needs new states to resolve regional historical imbalance

Yet, creating a new state could deepen divisions, foster competing interests and encourage governors to prioritise personal ambition over the collective advancement of the Igbo.

South-East map
July 21, 2025

As Hyacinth Alia and Monday Okpebholo become Nigeria’s latest petty tyrants

Governors aren’t elected to stoke tensions, but to calm them when they erupt.

Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia and Edo Governor Monday Okpebholo
July 20, 2025

Courts should let Nigerians join election petitions via class action

It’s crucial to recognise that citizens or civic groups have standing in election petitions in a representative or test capacity.

Supreme Court and ballot box
July 17, 2025

Musings on Muhammadu Buhari

If indifference and aloofness plagued Buhari’s presidency, this became even more palpable towards the conclusion of his second term.

President Muhammadu Buhari
July 15, 2025

Will Okechukwu Akaneme’s family get justice from Soludo’s govt?

This is not the time to shield rogue government agents or police officers.

Charles Soludo and Okechukwu Akaneme
July 14, 2025

Muhammadu Buhari’s urgent dispatch from the great beyond

Let me begin by sharing the most profound truth I ever heard in life—one I stubbornly ignored: Only the dead are truly educated.

Muhammadu Buhari