It is often said that “the way you are dressed is the way you will be addressed.” For a nation as vibrant and culturally significant as Nigeria, the appearance of our President on the global stage is not just a matter of personal vanity; it is a statement of national[Read More…]
Opinion
Beyond Rhetoric: Dr. Olofu’s Pedigree and the Quest for a Smarter Benue South
As a resident and stakeholder in the future of the Idoma nation, I believe we have reached a pivotal moment in our political history. For too long, the Benue South (Zone C) Senatorial District has sought a voice that is not just loud, but profoundly intellectual and strategically grounded. In[Read More…]
Political Bankruptcy on Display: Debunking the Myth That a Son’s Defection Erasers a Father’s Legacy
In the noisy arena of Nigerian social media, where hot takes often outpace critical thinking, the recent defection of Abah Atiku Abubakar to the APC has triggered a wave of “political obituaries” for his father, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. To those claiming this move signals the end of a[Read More…]
The Silence of the “Moral” Vanguard: Why Does Genocide Only Matter in Gaza, Not Iran?
I stand today with a heavy heart and a burning sense of indignation. For weeks, my social media feeds and the news cycles have been dominated by the harrowing images of blood on the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, and Mashhad. I have watched videos of teenage girls being beaten by[Read More…]
The Sleeping Lion of the Middle-Belt: Why the Kwararafa Spirit is Far From Extinguished
As I survey the historical landscape of the Middle Belt and the broader Nigerian project, I am often struck by a profound silence, a silence that many mistake for absence. It is the silence of the Kwararafa Kingdom. To the casual observer or the modern-day revisionist, Kwararafa is a ghost[Read More…]
Political Sharia: A Shield for the Powerful, a Sword for the Poor
The recent reports of a minor in Gombe undergoing amputation for the theft of less than two thousand naira, a pittance in today’s economy, strikes a chord of deep moral dissonance. It forces us to confront a harrowing reality in Northern Nigeria: the Sharia system, as currently implemented, appears to[Read More…]
How the Follower’s Cheer Sustains Nigeria’s Corrupt Leadership
I remember it as if it were yesterday. Twenty-seven years ago, I sat in a cramped bus traveling from Abuja to Yola. My seatmate was a young woman, a student at the University of Abuja, bright-eyed and articulate. As we navigated the pockmarked roads, our conversation drifted toward the systemic[Read More…]
The Gospel: From Europe’s Catalyst to Africa’s Albatross
For centuries, the Gospel has been heralded as a beacon of light, a force capable of upending stagnant traditions and igniting the fires of civilization. History bears witness to this; I look at the transformation of the Western world and see the fingerprints of a specific kind of theology, one[Read More…]
The Memory of Hardship: A Critical Analysis of the 2026 Nigerian Consumer Psyche
As we enter 2026, I see a Nigeria that is finally exhaling after years of suffocating economic pressure. With our GDP projected to grow by 4.1% and inflation finally showing signs of a steady descent toward the 12–14% range, the “survival mode” of the past two years is giving way[Read More…]
The Superpower’s Paradox: Might, Right, and the Ghost of Noriega
Yesterday, as I sat watching the headlines scroll past, “U.S. Strikes Caracas,” “Maduro Captured,” “Operation Southern Spear Successful”, I find myself grappling with a question that has haunted the world for over a century. Does being the world’s sole superpower grant the United States a legal or moral right to[Read More…]
Consumer TV
FG Revenue Rises 76% to N12.5tn, Fueled by Tax and Oil Gains — Budget Office
The Federal Government’s earnings have increased by 76 percent, rising from N7.1 trillion in 2022 to N12.5 trillion in 2023, due to higher taxes and oil revenues. This information was revealed in the recently released 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper from the Ministry of Budget and[Read More…]