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Late President Muhammadu Buhari had contested Nigeria’s presidential elections three different times: the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections, and lost in all three. He contested the results from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court, but victory eluded his quest for the number one seat in the country atContinue Reading

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Blood, blood everywhere, and all that a perpetual controversialist sees is another opportunity to campaign for the assailant! Let somebody tell Sheikh Abubakar Gumi to stop insulting the sensibilities of those who refuse to accept banditry as a way of life and the deodorisation of crime as the divine rightContinue Reading

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Few features of a road network are as misunderstood as the one-way street. To the careless motorist, it is an inconvenience, a detour placed between a driver and his destination. To the traffic engineer, it is among the most effective tools for ordering movement in crowded places. To love one-wayContinue Reading

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When I first saw the video of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members crammed into a dense, overcrowded hall in Ogun State, my immediate instinct was to dismiss it as an AI-generated deepfake. A fact-check confirmed my fears—and, indeed, those of many Nigerians. The video was authentic; it captured theContinue Reading

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A note to readers. I had promised to continue this week with The Makkah Mission and the Preference Form, and to tell you what to expect when the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah at last releases its guidelines for Hajj 2027 — the fixing of the unified rates, the allocationContinue Reading

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The most expensive thing in Nigeria is not petrol, not food or medicines, not even cement. It is memory loss – an epidemic that has obviously been escalated by screen addiction from its initial default mode of poor record-keeping and absence of institutional diligence. Nigeria has met Ebola again. NotContinue Reading

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More than seventy-two hours after Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, launched a private security network, Iru Ekun, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the federal government’s deafening silence is worrying. Igboho said the network was established to strengthen community security and tackle crime. Yet the authorities have remainedContinue Reading

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In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a feast meant to celebrate power is haunted by the murdered Banquo: triumph cannot silence the evidence of what preceded it. Nigeria’s electoral theatre often resembles that banquet. As the 2027 electioneering campaign gathers momentum, candidates will promise security, jobs, electricity, affordable food, good schools and hospitals,Continue Reading