Opinion

Muslim Community Urged to Turn Out Peacefully as Court Decides on the Constitutional Rights of Muslim Schoolgirls By Mallam Ibrahim Agunbiade Oyo High Court to deliver judgment in landmark hijab case eyes will be on the High Court of Justice, Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday, 14th July 2026, as the court…

By Mallam Ibrahim Agunbiade agunbiadeib@gmail.com The successful rescue of the abducted children and teachers from Oriire Community after fifty-six harrowing days is a great relief to Nigerians. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves commendation for his commitment, while the Armed Forces, the Department of State Service (DSS), the Police, and other…

By The Conscience Chronicler For sixteen years, Nigeria has bled. We have bled from the wounds inflicted by Boko Haram, by its splinter faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province, by the bandit armies that roam the North-West, by the kidnappers who have turned the nation’s schools into theatres of…

By The Conscience Chronicler I am enraged. Let me begin there. Not with the detached cool of a journalist performing objectivity, but with the raw, burning rage of a citizen who has watched his country be looted, plundered, and hollowed out by a political class that has mistaken the treasury…

By Emmanuel Nicholas Within the grand book of Akwa Ibom’s progress, where the ink of politics is often stained with bitterness, a different kind of leader stepped forward. He did not come for the ovation of a few, but for the welfare of all. He did not come to inherit…

By Audu Amoo To recapitulate the famous Chinese wisecrack, “may we all live in interesting times.” These are indeed interesting times in Nigeria, where there is a handsome reward for all sorts of misdemeanors, especially if the offender-in-chief is not just a well-heeled individual but also from a very privileged…

What the Yoruba were Really Teaching Us About Labour, Poverty, and National Aspiration By Lanre Ogundipe There are folk songs that entertain. Others that educate. Then there are those rare compositions that outlive generations because they quietly preserve the philosophy of a people. One such timeless Yoruba folklore is the…

By Lanre Ogundipe Some men announce themselves with fanfare. Others allow the character to speak long before they do. Tunji Bello belongs to the latter. At 65, he stands as a remarkable blend of the journalist’s inquisitive mind, the lawyer’s analytical discipline, the administrator’s competence and the public servant’s uncommon…

By Lanre Ogundipe There is perhaps no country in Africa more richly endowed with ideas than Nigeria. Every administration arrives with a vision. Every government unveils a blueprint. Every conference produces recommendations. Every committee submits reports. Every budget promises transformation. Yet, decades after independence, the average Nigerian has become accustomed…

Every election in Nigeria now resembles a referendum on survival. Political parties do not merely seek victory; they fight as though defeat would amount to political extinction. Regions scrutinise every appointment for signs of inclusion or exclusion. Every administration is accused, sooner or later, of favouritism. Every transition of power…