Palm oil: Going back is actually moving forward, by Libby Offem-Oke
There was a time many of our parents were told to avoid palm oil. It was labelled unhealthy. Gradually, it disappeared from many kitchens, replaced with imported alternatives like…
Amupitan at INEC: The overzealous recruit, by Amanze Obi
Amupitan is President Tinubu’s agent provocateur. He was sent by the president to ignite fire in the camp of ADC, and he is gladly doing so. A wise electoral umpire…
What’s in a lady’s handbag, asks Ken Ugbechie
There was a twitter of giggle, then a moment of sobriety, on Airport Road, Lagos, last Tuesday. A lady bearing a handbag in the early evening hours was accosted by…
Passion Week: Looking beyond despair and anguish
This Passion Week presents a good opportunity for personal change and hope, especially for persons who are overwhelmed by life’s vicissitudes, writes MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE Thomas Hardy, renowned 19th/20th…
Middle-East crisis: How Tinubu’s policy of naira-for-crude guarantees supply security in Nigeria, by Temitope Ajayi
President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote…
The trouble with Tinubu’s fixation on Lagos ports, by Pius Mordi
In the euphoria of having successfully prosecuted the fracticidal civil war that ended in January 1970 without any external borrowing, the victorious Yakubu Gowon regime embarked on a grand…
Azu Ishiekwene’s mischievous essay on PeterObi, by Valentine Obienyem
In the morning of 26th of March, 2026, a man I hold in the highest regard sent me a WhatsApp message: “Azu shredding our man.” I immediately knew it…
Peter Obi and 2027, by Chuks Iloegbunam
Whoever believed that politics operated only on certainties? Or that imponderables were never factored into any of it? The Nigerian experience is blatant. It placed a spreadsheet before…
Tinubu’s UK state visit, Nigeria and the subtle power of place marketing, by Israel Jaiye Opayemi
A few distinct – if not distinguished – words and phrases stand out in the deluge of informed commentaries on President Bola Tinubu’s recently concluded state visit to the United Kingdom…
POSTSCRIPT: From intent to outcomes – President Tinubu’s state visit to the United Kingdom, by Sunday Dare
If President Tinubu’s visit to London was framed as a strategic reset, its conclusion has now provided something more important: proper evidence of execution. What was once a relationship sustained…