Opinion

Data is the new oil, but who owns Nigeria’s data?

Guest Writer 21 October 2025 0

By Victor Ejechi I have spent the last few years making sense of Nigeria through numbers. From my early days at StatiSense to heading TheCable Index and now leading insights at SBM Intelligence, data has been the constant thread connecting my work. Across all these roles, one thing has remained

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A nation in fear: Nigeria’s growing insecurity crisis

Guest Writer 21 October 2025 0

By Happiness Stephen The issue of insecurity has long plagued Nigeria’s history, drawing concern from great thinkers, writers, and musicians. Visionaries like Chinua Achebe once warned that things have fallen apart and are no longer at ease, capturing the early cracks in Nigeria’s moral and political foundation. Fela Kuti, with his fearless music, laid bare […]

Opinion

ASUU: Broken Promises and the Slow Death of Nigerian Education

Ndi Kato 21 October 2025 0

The story of Nigeria’s university lecturers is one of quiet endurance and deepening despair. It is not simply about strikes or salary negotiations; it is about human beings who have devoted their lives to shaping the next generation, only to be made to feel small in the very country they helped build. I know this […]

Opinion

A Never-Ending Cycle: How ASUU Strikes have Consistently Robbed Nigerian Student of Their Near Future

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Adesewa Adeyinka For a Nigerian student, their academic calendar is never a predictable series of semesters and breaks but rather a series of uncertain start and stop sessions due to incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU). Since its inception in 1978, the union has organized and carried out several industrial […]

Opinion

Against All Odds: The Nigerian Dream

Guest Writer 20 October 2025 0

By Oluwaseyifunmi Ayininuola Every nation has a unique story, the Nigerian story is one of struggle, strength and perseverance. Nigerians have continued to defy the odds, turning hardship into innovation and despair into motivation. Constantly breaking and setting the bar higher and higher each time. The Nigerian Dream, though never officially defined, is alive and […]

Opinion

Vanishing Voices: The Fight to Preserve Nigeria’s Indigenous Languages

Guest Writer 17 October 2025 0

By Aminah Abisola Abdulrazaq A few months ago, I visited my grandmother’s hometown in Ode-Aje, Ibadan, to carry out an Oral African Literature project from school, one that requires us to study the oral elements employed in our traditional and ancestral festivities. During this process, I recited the praise poetry and songs after my grandmother, which happened to […]

Opinion

High Blood Pressure Is Rising Among Nigeria’s Youth – Here’s What You Can Do

Guest Writer 16 October 2025 0

By Dr. Ikechukwu Alex Okoli When you hear “high blood pressure”, you probably think of your parents or grandparents. “It doesn’t concern me now” you may think. But here’s the truth: more and more young Nigerians in their 20s and 30s are developing it. In Enugu state, about one in five young adults already have […]

Opinion

A Nation Failing Its People: Nigeria’s Endless Struggle with Bad Governance and Poverty

Guest Writer 15 October 2025 0

BY MUHEEZZAH AHMED-GIWA  Nigeria today stands at a difficult point in its history, where progress and hardship coexist in almost every aspect of life. The country’s challenges are not isolated; they overlap and shape one another, cutting across politics, economy, lifestyle, culture, and even technology. From the rising unemployment and cost of living to corruption […]

Opinion

Gov. Alia: An Evening Of Fellowship And Political Maturity In Benue

Guest Writer 15 October 2025 0

BY TERSOO KULA On Friday, October 10, 2025, the Executive Governor of Benue state, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, gathered a cross-section of political leaders, friends, and colleagues at the New Banquet Hall of the Government House, Makurdi, for an Evening of Fellowship and Dialogue. The evening was more than just another political event; it […]

Opinion

Citizens, Not Customers: A Lesson in Self Awareness for the Nigerian Police

Ndi Kato 14 October 2025 0

On October 9, 2025, the Nigeria Police Force posted a message on their social media pages that read, “Yes, you – our esteemed customer, we celebrate you.” It was part of a promotional graphic for Customer Service Week. The post might have been intended as lighthearted public relations, but to many Nigerians, it exposed the […]

Opinion

The habit of fuel stacking in Nigerian homes

Guest Writer 3 October 2025 0

BY HOPE LEKWA  In many Nigerian households, the use of multiple cooking fuels, known as fuel stacking, has become a common practice. Instead of relying on a single cooking method, families alternate between traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood and modern alternatives such as gas or electric stoves. This habit reflects complex realities: economic constraints, […]

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Rebuilding Nigeria Through Devolution and Decentralisation, by Dr. Joe Abah

Guest Writer 1 October 2025 0

By Dr. Joe Abah, OON As Nigeria marks another Independence Day, the question of how to rebuild the nation remains urgent. Despite decades of constitutional reforms, the country continues to grapple with inefficiencies, insecurity, and a lack of innovation. At the heart of these challenges lies a fundamental issue: over-centralisation of power. To move forward, […]

Opinion

Bayo Ojulari Reforming Nigeria Energy Future

Guest Writer 1 October 2025 0

By Abiodun A Oleolo When Bayo Ojulari assumed leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in April 2025, he inherited more than a corporation. He stepped into a storm defined by falling oil production, chronic revenue leakages, dwindling investor confidence, and the mounting global pressures of energy transition and geopolitical competition. Six

Opinion

The Cop Buhari Loved

Guest Writer 25 September 2025 0

BY FEMI ADESINA He and some other senior policemen had been demoted, I think from Commissioner of Police (CP) to Deputy Commissioner. It was untidy and unjust. had known Mr Solomon Arase when he was serving as Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun. A very efficient officer and good man, […]

Opinion

Akpabio-led 10th Assembly Racing Against the Clock

Guest Writer 21 September 2025 0

By Ola Awoniyi The tenth National Assembly, led by Distinguished Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, is now in the second half of its four-year tenure. From next year, electioneering ahead of the 2027 polls will take centre stage in national politics. Therefore, history beckons to the 10th Assembly to accomplish the remaining items on its Legislative […]

Opinion

Nigeria’s paid influencers and the politics of X spaces

Guest Writer 19 September 2025 0

BY VICTOR EJECHI If politics was once about rallies in stadiums and motorcades through dusty towns, today it often begins with a notification on your phone. A Space goes live on X (formerly Twitter), hosted by a familiar influencer, joined by hundreds or thousands of listeners. The topic might read, “Is Nigeria ready for real […]

Opinion

Toward 2027 Nigeria’s Elections: Umpire, Adjudication, Fair Play, and Democracy

Guest Writer 15 September 2025 0

By Baba Isimi FNIA In the grand and often tumultuous theatre of Nigerian democracy, every election is more than a contest for power; it is a profound test of the nation’s institutional integrity. *As the gaze of the nation begins to shift towards the 2027 polls, a trinity of concepts emerges as the bedrock upon […]

Opinion

Non-Participation in Active Politics by Honest, Good Nigerians, The Bane of Our Nigerian Nation

Guest Writer 15 September 2025 0

By Alphonsus U Nwadike It is an undeniable fact that when a nation’s responsibilities of empire are entrusted or abandoned to the care of political plunderers, social marauders, opportunists, ignoramuses, or corrupt individuals/persons, the country’s ship of state must be wrecked in the sea of incompetence and corruption. However, when wise people, honest men

Opinion

Oluremi Tinubu’s crowdfunding call and the future of Nigeria’s national library

Guest Writer 8 September 2025 0

BY MOHAMMED NMA BABA & CHUKWUEMEKA UDOJI  When Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, recently urged her well-wishers to channel their birthday gifts for her 65th celebration into contributions for the completion of the National Library, the gesture sparked mixed reactions. While many hailed it as a noble and selfless appeal, others criticised the move, […]

Opinion

What kerosene taught Nigeria, CNG may teach again

Guest Writer 6 September 2025 0

By Victor Ejechi When compressed natural gas (CNG) was being sold at N230 per standard cubic metre (SCM), it was marketed as the people’s alternative to expensive petrol. It was cheaper, cleaner, and supposedly shielded from the subsidy politics that has haunted Nigeria for decades. But this week, the promise dimmed: the price jumped by […]