Opinion

By Michael Ochonu The Nigerian Armed Forces are currently at their climax, doing what they know best and asserting dominance across all spheres of engagement with the enemies of the State. Operational successes across the country reveal that our armed forces are ahead of our adversaries. They are, on a...

By Mohammed Alih Leadership is a sacred trust. It is deeply associated with divinity. Leadership is not a factor of propaganda, sloganeering, or mere noise-making and superficial popularity. A person may be popular and yet not qualify as a true leader. In Zamfara State, we measure our leaders not by...

By Augustine Aminu For decades, the contribution of Nigerians in the diaspora to national development has largely been measured by the billions of dollars sent home annually through remittances. While these financial inflows have provided critical support for families and communities, development experts increasingly argue that Nigeria stands to gain...

By Johnson Akintunde The reality of today’s Nigeria demands that institutions created as pillars of national survival must be shielded from every form of threats. It isn’t farfetched to conclude that factors like insurgency, transactional kidnappings, separatist agitations, cyber threats, communal conflicts, environmental disasters, and humanitarian emergencies have collectively redefined...

By Justina Nwankwo President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nomination of Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), as a non-career ambassador represents a commendable and strategic choice. In an era when Nigeria seeks to project competence, integrity, and innovative thinking on the global stage,...

Politics in my beloved Niger State has never lacked passion. It has never lacked rumours. It has never lacked the tendency to take a statement, strip it of context, stretch it beyond recognition and then present the distorted version as established truth. That tendency is once again on display in...

The Centre For Public Integrity finds deeply troubling and alarming, a Sunday June 21, 2026, post by online publisher and Action Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, attacking the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for the “Man of the Award” it bestowed on the Director General of the Department...

.By Abdulmalik Suleiman Kano State Governor, His Excellency Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf, has been commended for implementing a pension reform initiative that stakeholders say is setting a new benchmark for public sector welfare across Nigeria. Under the new reform, the Kano State Government has prioritized the prompt payment of gratuities...

By Linus Obogo In the quiet town of Ogoja, where the red earth stretches endlessly beneath the tropical sun and communities rise each morning to the rhythms of resilience and hope, a weary doctor named Dr. Monjok once wrestled with a difficult question: should he remain in public service or...

*But Remains Committed to the Obi-Kwankwaso Ticket By, Dr. Adesusu Maxwell Adodo In the ongoing national conversation about coalition-building and the future of Nigeria’s opposition politics, clarity and context are very important. Recent interpretations of Senator Henry Seriake Dickson’s remarks during his appearance on Charles Aniagolu’s programme on Arise TV...