Opinion

For years, we were told development was coming. We heard it in campaign speeches, policy documents and budget lines that never touched our daily life. Rural communities stayed dark, young...

I write this with a heavy heart, not as a politician but simply as a concerned northerner. Northern Nigeria is richly blessed with vast arable land, holding nearly 80 percent...

When Tajudeen Abbas emerged as Speaker of the House of Representatives, his election represented more than an internal parliamentary transition. It symbolised the arrival of a lawmaker widely regarded as...

Sule Lamido is a person of interest in the new Nigeria project,” says an Abuja based Pastor Nnamdi Orji of God’s Glorious Time Redemption Ministry. Pastor Orji made this revelation...

There are moments when a nation must speak in a clear, collective voice - not in diplomatic whispers, not in bureaucratic ambiguity, but in the firm language of self-respect. This...

In June 2024, and in the Gumi City Council of South Korea, a service robot—or Robot Supervisor—was alleged to have committed “suicide.” In the same South Korea in November 2023,...

Nigeria’s democracy has always been shaped by the strength—or weakness—of its electoral laws. Since the return to civilian rule in 1999, every election cycle has tested the resilience of the...

Public funds are sacred. They are neither campaign resources nor rewards for political loyalty. Yet, the growing practice of Local Governments withdrawing large sums of cash, displaying them publicly, and...

By Umar Sani Daura ​In the global manual of power, there is a chapter titled “Don’t Poke the Bear.” In 19th-century America, the "Bear" was John D. Rockefeller, a man...

Mal. Nura Tela, Accountant General, Katsina State. By Bashir Bello Since his appointment as Accountant General in August 2023, Nura Tela has become a central figure in a sweeping transformation...