High Cost of Living, Insecurity Pose Major Threats to Tinubu’s Government – Bola Abimbola
The head of Programs at the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, Bola Abimbola, has warned that rising insecurity and the worsening cost of living remain the biggest threats to President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking with…
REFLECTIONS By Bolutife Oluwadele: Love, Honour and Respect in Marriages
In my considered opinion, these are the central issues that shape marriages, regardless of their direction. Quite often, these roles or issues are either trivialized, played in reverse order or simply seen in a linear order. I will take time to explain…
Poverty Is Not a Crime: Why Nigeria Must Stop Punishing the Poor
Oluwayomi Owoseye of Initiatives for Social Inclusion and Grassroots Literacy (ISGIL) writes…. When the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, declared that “poverty is not an excuse” while threatening to demolish shanties…
Africa’s Security Awakening: Abuja Summit Charts a New Path for Continental Defence
Luqman Gidado Gidado writes… The African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit 2025, which held in Abuja, Nigeria, from August 25–27, marked a defining moment in Africa’s evolving approach to peace and stability. It was hosted by Nigeria’s Chief of…
When Misfortune Becomes a Marketplace: Comfort Emmason and Nigeria’s Predicament Economy – Charles Adeyemi
Charles Adeyemi writes.. When Comfort Emmason caused a commotion aboard an Ibom Air flight yesterday 11th August 2025, she probably never imagined her name would instantly become a trending national talking point but in today’s Nigeria, one…
Omodo: Domestic Servitude or Slavery?
Omodo, thats what its called in the popular parlance. For context “househelp“, an anglicized way to morph the hideous trend behind this domestic misnormer. A few years ago when Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani published her personal…
Reflections: Hierarchical Partnership in Marriage – Bolutife Oluwadele
It was when I sought divine clarity about this topic that I gained a deeper insight into what I am writing about. My initial thought and focus were to treat hierarchy and partnership as either/or phenomena in marriages. However, I am convinced that it is…
Opinion: Can AI take your Job?
Can AI take your Job? The question should be; would you allow it? There’s a quiet anxiety rippling across offices, studios, and classrooms. It isn’t always spoken aloud, but it hums beneath meetings, hangs over job boards, and lingers in the pauses after…
Tensions Rise as ‘Nigerians Must Go’ Protest Exposes Growing Resentment in Ghana
The entire plot has been an uncomfortable reminiscent of historical hostilities in West Africa. The recent protest in Ghana has reignited a long-simmering tension between locals and Nigerians living in the country. Chants of “Nigerians must go”…
Charly Boy Busstop, the pettiness within – Duke of Shomolu
Duke of Shomolu writes…. The renaming of the Charly Boy Busstop by the Bariga Local Govt is all shades of petty. With all due respect to Olamide, that Busstop, I reconfirmed while working with Fada on his biography was named as such cos the very…