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Monday, September 14, 2026

Opinion

September 3, 2026

FIPRE framework offers operational blueprint for AFC’s $750 million climate-resilient fund

The FIPRE framework is designed to shift infrastructure practice “from delivering outputs to delivering sustainable outcomes”. It asks five plain questions of every project.

Dr Eugene O. Itua
August 31, 2026

Nigeria cannot solve its food crisis with old banking models

The problem is not a lack of entrepreneurial ambition or productive capacity. It reflects a mismatch between traditional banking models and farming realities.

Kudzai Gumunyu
August 31, 2026

The democracy of those outside the room

Politicians denounce the monopolisation of power when they are outside the loci of power and defend monopolisation when they become beneficiaries of it.

Bola Tinubu and Gani Fawehinmi
August 30, 2026
Dolly Parton
August 30, 2026

Uba Sani takes Kaduna peace model to next level

This is precisely what Governor Uba Sani’s administration has executed with these 4,050 artisans. This is not mere charity. It is the strategic demarketing of violence.

Uba Sani of Kaduna State (Credit: Twitter)
August 27, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene: Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III: A sultan for all seasons 

Sultan Abubakar III is, if you like, a moderate social crusader, which is somewhat ironic, given that he is from Sokoto, often regarded as the bastion of conservatism.

Sultan of Sokoto, Dr Sa’ad Abubakar II
August 24, 2026

The peace treaty of the Thieves’ Guild

Nigeria does not need another ceremony in which politicians promise not to behave badly.

Bola Tinubu and Abdulsalami Abubakar
August 20, 2026

Backstory of Osun poll, and what’s next for Adeleke

Why does Adeleke insist on supporting Tinubu, despite opposition by many of his supporters, including his nephew, Davido, who cite the governor’s raw deal at the hands of the APC?

August 18, 2026

President Tinubu, terminate the dodgy £746 million ports deal

To my fellow citizens, this deal will worsen Nigeria’s fiscal and economic future. I have spoken. You have a voice. Use it.

Tinubu and Keir Starmer
August 17, 2026

Osun election shows all is not fair in Nigerian politics

The Osun governorship election has now provided an important measure of where Nigeria stands.

Governor Ademola Adeleke and President Bola Tinubu