Opinion

By Robert Egbe In 2009, Brazil banned electronic smoking devices (including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and other emerging nicotine delivery systems. However, a loophole in the law left open a pathway for Big Tobacco and its allies to seek approval if they could demonstrate that their products were safe. Nearly…

By Babajide Okeowo The emergence of Dapo Abiodun as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ogun East Senatorial seat ahead of the 2027 elections is already reshaping the political conversation in Ogun State. While party primaries are often defined by internal power struggles, this particular contest appears to…

By Emmanuel Nicholas Since the return to civilian rule in 1999, Akwa Ibom State has stood as one of Nigeria’s most politically stable and electorally predictable states within the Fourth Republic. For over three decades, the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) maintained an unbroken grip on the governorship, winning each…

By Asiayei Enaibo As the world gathers to celebrate African Liberation Day, one thing that has remained vital in the African world is African identity — language, culture, food, dance, songs, performativity, orality, and all the values that define African Liberation Day. Africans all over the world showcase the diversity…

By Mallam Ibrahim Agunbiade While listening to Splash FM 105.5 FM during the “State Affairs” programme anchored by Edmund Obilo, I became deeply concerned by the dangerous direction of the discussion surrounding insecurity in Oyo State and parts of the South-West region. During the programme, references were repeatedly made to…

By Lanre Ogundipe Some deaths silence a nation. And some deaths expose it. The killing of Micheal Oyedokun was not merely another tragic headline buried beneath the noise of politics and the speed of social media outrage. It was the brutal execution of our collective conscience. A grim reminder that…

By Lanre Ogundipe History occasionally hides its deepest ironies in names. More than two thousand years after Zacchaeus, the biblical tax collector of Jericho, climbed a sycamore tree in search of Jesus, Nigeria finds itself in the middle of an intense national conversation on taxation under the supervision of a…

By Dr. David M. E. Nwedu In Nigeria’s shifting political terrain, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged as the dominant force shaping national direction ahead of the 2027 general elections. The ruling party’s widening coalition, driven largely by high-profile defections from opposition parties, has strengthened its numerical and structural…

By Solomon Essiet In the quiet town of Ikot Ekpene Udo in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, God raised a leader whose journey continues to remind many people that destiny does not always announce itself with noise. Pastor Umo Bassey Eno was not the man many…

Emmanuel Nicholas The electoral cycle leading up to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections has already commenced, and the intricate machinery of political maneuvering in Africa’s most populous nation is now fully engaged. Across the country, party structures are being consolidated, alliances are being forged and fractured, and the strategic positioning of…