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Opinion

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
July 14, 2025

Revamping inclusive education for Nigeria’s children with disabilities

Exclusion reinforces stigma, breeds isolation, and limits their future opportunities in education and employment.

Children with disability
July 14, 2025

Chidi Odinkalu’s ‘The Selectorate’ highlights Nigerians’ tolerance of rogue judges

It is a book about us: our passivity, our complicity, and our silence.

Chidi Odinkalu's new book 'The Selectorate'
July 13, 2025

Supreme Court’s unconstitutional takeover of Nigerian elections 

Nigerians are currently denied standing to participate in disputes involving the identity or determination of the person or party on whom they have conferred that mandate.

Nigeria Supreme Court Justices (Credit: NJC)
July 10, 2025

Again, Trump’s way or the highway

Apart from Trump’s way and the highway, there is a third way for those willing and able to pay the price.

Trump sitting with Ramaphosa
July 9, 2025

Peter Obi is stuck—so is Nigeria

Unless there’s a major bombshell in the next two years, Nigerians will likely head into a 2027 election with Peter Obi on one side and Bola Tinubu on the other.

Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu
July 9, 2025

Danger of the single story

How do we get to Gusau, knowing what we know, I asked ChatGPT. Response: Don’t go except it’s essential.

Zamfara governor's official portrait
July 9, 2025

The day after Peter Obi’s one-term ADC presidency 

Nigerians should reflect carefully on the implications of Obi potentially selecting Nasir el-Rufai as his running mate.

Peter Obi and Nasir el-Rufai