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Monday, March 2, 2026

Opinion

March 2, 2026

N10 billion ransom to Boko Haram shows how Tinubu govt arms Nigeria’s enemies

What appears easy in the short term compounds disaster in the long term.

Bola Tinubu, Boko Haram and bags of cash
March 1, 2026

Remembering Ambakina Moses Jitoboh

A country in a life-and-death struggle with insecurity could ill have afforded such waste of experience and expertise.

Ambakina Moses Jitoboh
February 26, 2026

El-Rufai: What a good turn didn’t deserve

I’ve often joked that even if you beheaded El-Rufai and minced his skull, his tongue would still be wagging. Those who have been in his crosshairs might agree.

El-Rufai talking to Bola Tinubu
February 23, 2026

Tinubu’s reckless executive order subverts Constitution, diverts oil revenues for ministers, governors to loot

An executive order is an instrument through which the president exercises constitutional power. It is not legislation. It cannot amend legislation.

Bola Tinubu and NNPC HQ
February 22, 2026

Difference between Trump and Tinubu

Though the seventy-something old men use chaos as strategy and strategy as chaos in interchangeable ways, the distinction is not between chaos and strategy.

President Bola Tinubu
February 22, 2026

It’s time to save judicial appointments from corruption

The appointment of judges in Nigeria has become something akin to a life-and-death contest

JUDGES IN RIVERS
February 19, 2026

The road to a doctor’s Nigeria

Balewa was right. But in hindsight, did Achebe’s lamentation suggest that the prime minister was also naïve?

Balewa and Achebe
February 16, 2026

Abdul Mahmud: Electoral Act, time, and the future of trust

Do Nigerian political leaders increase confidence in the electoral system? Or do they deepen suspicion?

Bola Tinubu and Godswill Akpabio
February 15, 2026

2027 and Nigeria’s fortunate inconvenience

A fortunate inconvenience is a moment when an action designed for advantage produces the opposite effect.

Ballot box
February 15, 2026

Chidi Odinkalu: Fraudsters-in-Law: The conspiracy against Abia state

One can only hope that the present government of Abia state will show zero-tolerance for this network criminality.

Alex Otti and Justice Sunday Aladetoyinbo