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Monday, May 25, 2026

Opinion

April 7, 2026

Africa fixates on long-abolished slave trade as modern slavery festers in Libya

The recent resolution at the United Nations General Assembly, championed by Ghana, declaring the Transatlantic Slave Trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, has been praised by Africans as

United Nations
April 6, 2026

Gbenga Adeniji: Makinde govt must tame these killer truckers

Oyo State is a pacesetter and cannot afford to lower its guard on robust accident and traffic management measures.

April 6, 2026

Abdul Mahmud: When President Tinubu visited Jos Airport

The role of Governor Caleb Mutfwang in this theatre of sorrow raises difficult questions of its own.

Bola Tinubu at Jos airport
April 5, 2026

Amupitan and the ruse of law

Beneath the ruse of law, a malevolent design lurks in plain sight.

Joash Amupitan
April 4, 2026

Implications of Court of Appeal ruling on Nigeria’s maritime jurisdiction

It reinforces a legal trend that prevents state governments from extending regulatory reach into federally controlled sectors under the guise of revenue generation.

Blue economy
April 3, 2026

Temitope Ajayi: Middle-East Crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery.

Dangote speaking with Tinubu
April 2, 2026

Azu Ishiekwene: Adelabu’s power lines as laundry lines

Adelabu, like many of his predecessors, is running the power ministry in 2026 with the 1950 operational manual of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria.

Adebayo Adelabu And lantern
March 30, 2026

Isime Esene’s Vive Africa charts a path for Nigerian students amid visa chaos

In the education space, as in the media, Vive Africa’s approach centres on narratives grounded in data, insight, and audience behaviour rather than assumptions.

Isime Esene’s Vive Africa
March 30, 2026

Electricity crisis and the rest of us

There is something more troubling about us, about how we have come to accommodate this abnormality as though it were inevitable.

March 27, 2026

Obi’s transition from serious contender to mascot

Obi has paid the price for a ticket to the zoo, but he’ll soon find that he’s in a jungle.

Peter Obi