By CHIAMAKA OKAFOR WITH seven heads of state in attendance, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday, 22 June, held its 67th summit of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government, ushering in a new leadership. After serving two tenures as leader of the ECOWAS Authority, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu […]
By OWEI LAKEMFA UNITED States President, Donald Trump, invited Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the White House on Monday, 18 August. The purpose was to brief the latter on the outcome of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin three days earlier. Trump had already briefed Zelenskyy on phone and thought a meeting to finalise […]
WHEN the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) disclosed that more than 58 million harmful pieces of content were taken down from major platforms such as Google, Microsoft, and TikTok in Nigeria last year, it was more than a headline statistic. It was a powerful statement on the scale of Nigeria’s digital challenges — and […]
By ERIC TENIOLA SHORTLY after being sworn in as President on 29 May 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo (88) GCFR, delayed signing the Proclamation of the first sitting of the National Assembly. The delay lasted a few days during which there was suspense. Subsection 3 of Section 64 of the 1999 Constitution states that “subject to […]
WORDS BY AYO SOGUNRO THE most difficult war the Nigerian people will fight will be the war of liberation from the political elite. Because this war will not be one against foreign enemies; it will be a war against our friends, family, and neighbours who support a dysfunctional political system. But it can be done. […]
By AFOLABI AKINOLA OLAYIWOLA ECONOMISTS have repeatedly submitted that human wants are insatiable. The DNA of Africans, when it comes to losing elections, has given many realistic definitions to our greedy attitudes to power and animosity. A peep into history shows that the Western world has demonstrated nothingness to power and its ephemerality. They applaud […]
By ANDREW OOTA, Abuja Delivers 5,075.4km as ₦3 trillion are abandoned FG explores alternative funding arrangement for stalled projects Stakeholders allege subnational construction amidst inter-govt conflict SEVEN years into Nigeria’s Road Tax Credit Scheme, the programme may be grappling with survival crises, with many projects valued at ₦3 trillion, according to the latest data from […]
By FEMI D. OJUMU SEVERAL centuries later, the aforementioned Thucydidean quote from The Melian Dialogue is a hawkish exposition of the warring vicissitudes of insatiability, power, and annexation or forcible land acquisition, that remains relevant in contemporary times. Adam Smith’s postulation in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776), adopting […]
By CHETA NWANZE THE contrasting attitudes of two prominent British politicians of ethnic minority heritage – Kemi Badenoch (of Nigerian descent) and Rishi Sunak (of Indian origin) – towards their ancestral homelands reveal much about colonialism’s enduring legacies and the complexities of national identity. While Sunak, the UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister, has consistently expressed […]
By JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH IF there’s one thing President Bola Tinubu has proven since assuming office, it’s that he governs with the urgency of a man convinced time is a hostile opponent. This week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting was another display of that restlessness — an avalanche of policy directives, fiscal reviews, billion-naira approvals, and long-term […]