By GODWIN OKONDO WHEN artists, scholars and cultural workers gather, the conversation often tilts toward creativity, strain, and survival. But at the 2025 CORA Art Stampede—held at Freedom Park as the closing session of the Lagos Book and Art Festival—the discussion went far deeper, touching the very foundation of Nigeria’s cultural governance. What […]
By MELVIN KOFFA Marwa Opens Up on Military Resistance to Tinubu’s Governorship BRIGADIER General Buba Marwa (rtd.), NDLEA Chairman, has disclosed that the military hierarchy initially opposed Bola Tinubu’s rise to the Lagos State governorship because of his pro-democracy activism with the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). Marwa revealed this during a keynote address at the […]
By CHUKWUMA NDIOGULU THE debate over the proposed creation of Anioma State has once again exposed the emotional, historical, and political fault lines within the wider Igbo community. What began as a discussion about administrative restructuring has evolved into a deeper conversation about identity, belonging, and the legacies of old grievances. The Asagba of […]
By NINI NDUONOFIT-AKOH NIGERIA’S electricity sector is entering one of its most fragile moments in two decades, as political interference, delayed executive decisions and a looming leadership vacuum threaten to incapacitate the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)—the institution at the heart of the country’s power reforms. What began as quiet murmurs within policy circles […]
THE political tension surrounding former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has resurfaced, following renewed exchanges over his public commentary. While he continues to push back against critics, many Kaduna residents remember his administration for policies they say reshaped the state through hardship rather than progress. A closer look at his tenure reveals a pattern of […]
CONTRARY to some narratives, Jasper Isaac Adaka Boro, the Ijaw leader who declared the Niger Delta Republic in 1966, was not killed or targeted by the Igbo. Boro, a vibrant young Izon man and former UNN Students Union president, emerged as a leader with broad support, even from Igbo students. Following flawed federal elections […]
By FRANCIS P GOMO A fresh vision for restructuring Nigeria calls for shorter, six-year tenures for the president and governors to ensure accountability and efficiency. The country could be divided into five regions—Middle Belt, Niger Delta, West, East, and North—with constitutional zoning for top positions like president, vice president, Senate president, Speaker, and Chief Justice, rotating […]
By ALIYU AMINU ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI (A.A.A.A.) SHEHU ACROSS many Nigerian states, Muslims form a significant share of the population—sometimes even the clear majority. Yet their presence in political leadership remains disproportionately low. In several states with large Muslim populations, it is still uncommon to find a Muslim serving as deputy governor, heading key ministries, or […]
By TINA TOLUTOPE ADEWUMI Falode, Professor of International Relations, History, and Strategic Studies at Lagos State University (LASU), has cautioned that Nigeria’s federal system, as currently practiced, is ill-suited to the country’s political and economic realities. He urged a domesticated, locally tailored form of federalism to address the persistent fractures in governance and […]
By JULIET EKANEM STRETCHING across the heart of Nigeria is the Middle Belt — a culturally rich and politically complex region whose identity has long been overshadowed by the country’s North–South power struggle. Home to a mosaic of ethnic groups including the Tiv, Idoma, Berom, Jukun, Gwari, Igbo, Yoruba, Igala and many others, the Middle […]