Insecurity: Denial, dereliction and mass distress
What irks the most about Nigeria’s insecurity, itching even those who are ordinarily and vehemently numb to Nigeria’s grim procession of ceaselessly bad news, is the levity with which...
From Chibok to 2025: How schools in Northern Nigeria became terrorists’ targets
The year 2025 was a year that reminded the people of Northern Nigeria of the terrible incidents that occurred in the past, dating back to 2014. If we recall,...
How policy flip-flops are making Nigerians poorer
Nigeria’s deepening poverty crisis is no longer speculative; it is now statistically inevitable. Although the latest Consumer Price Index figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) suggest...
The New York Times misses the forest for the trees in Nigeria
The recent New York Times article about Emeka Umeagbalasi reads less like journalism and more like a character assassination designed to obscure a far more urgent truth: people are...
2027: Tinubu and the dynamics of political authority
A humane political imagination is rarely shaped by ideology alone. It is formed through disciplines that insist on restraint, moral attentiveness, and engagement with the realities of those governed....
Random thoughts on Nigeria’s perilous state of affairs
It goes without saying that Nigeria is roiled by strong winds that are intent on ripping up its delicate fabric. This has drawn deep concern, and it is leaving...
Urging Rivers lawmakers to learn from Edo, or repeat Edo
There is a dangerous sense of déjà vu in the unfolding drama at the Rivers State House of Assembly. The rhetoric is familiar. The posturing is predictable. The escalation...
Lagos in flux: Eko in motion
Motion is life. From birth to cremation, life transits. In cities, motion thrives, but Eko stands taller here. Lagos thrives on unmatchable planetary motion. In Lagos, haste and hurry...
How Tunji Alausa broke a 16-year policy logjam
Cynicism is a permanent fixture in Nigeria’s public life. It has, over the years, become a coping mechanism in Nigeria’s public policy especially in the education sector. Each time...
‘Orjic’ insanity. OUK!
I saw Orji Uzor Kalu speaking half-done English, condemning the stellar governor of Abia State who other governors have been going to understudy. He seemed to foam from the...