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Monday, May 25, 2026

Opinion

May 10, 2026

Nigeria: The rise of judicial verdict without judgment

This phenomenon of judicial verdict without judgment creates damage and feeds confusion in many ways.

JUDGES IN RIVERS
May 7, 2026

Who is after Obi, Kwankwaso again?

Who is chasing Obi and his new soulmate, former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso? There are three possible answers.

Peter Obi
May 7, 2026

Nigerian banks show stronger outlook amid crucial loan clean-up, dividend pause

Analysts were unanimous that short-term shareholder unease over a pause in dividend payouts would translate into higher returns in the period ahead.

CBN and First Bank
May 6, 2026

Serving APC, leading PDP is Wike’s brand of opposition politics

Nigerians have come to realise that the country’s political space is full of politicians desperate to keep their snouts perpetually in the public trough.

Wike, APC & PDP logo
May 4, 2026

Why Bola Tinubu’s political savagery is different

To frame President Tinubu as uniquely anti-democratic in Nigeria’s history is not to deny the flaws of those who came before him.

President Bola Tinubu
May 4, 2026

Tinubu-Ruto banter as food for thought

Ruto and Tinubu must brace for the messy, difficult task of fixing their countries’ economies, a task that is not a respecter of fine language.

Kenya President Williams Ruto and President-elect Bola Tinubu ahead
May 3, 2026

The travails of Nestoil and the travesties of courts

How long this will take or how many more twists of judicial malefaction could accompany the journey to a resolution of the mouth-watering sums involved is anyone’s guess.

Nestoil Towers
April 29, 2026

Zacch Adedeji sets clear vision for smarter revenue and stronger institutions in Nigeria

The signals are there. Simplified tax structures. Stronger compliance systems. Improved transparency. Coordinated reforms across sectors.

Zacch Adedeji
April 29, 2026

Abdul Mahmud: News from the sad country

What the military hierarchy and the ruling party once dismissed with emphatic denials has now assumed the weight of undeniable truth.

April 26, 2026

Nigeria and Insecurity: When prayer is an affront

As if goaded by a clan of shamans, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disinterred the first anthem in 2024–45 years after it was first retired.

Tinubu with bishops, Islamic clerics