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A phone chat with Dr Lasisi Lagunju, editor of Saturday Tribune and ace columnist, on Friday morning sent me into melancholy. He had joked that he hoped I was not

By Tunde Rahman Twenty-seven years into unbroken democracy, Nigeria’s federal structure remains our best tool for managing diversity and delivering development. But federalism is neither a contest between Abuja and

Olusegun Adeniyi In my column of 17 March 2021, ‘Kidnappings Incorporated!’, I shared the story of Nuhu Tanko, a gardener at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, whose two brothers

In the very weekend in which the insecurity situation in the country was further magnified by the death in bandits’ custody of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a top security

Five years of Dash Me, a Whistleblower policy that moved $378 million — and why Nigeria keeps losing its best ideas before they can prove themselves A member of my

Strange but true: General Abdulsalami Abubakar would never have been Nigeria’s head of state if not for depression. You heard me right. After finishing at the Provincial Secondary School, Bida,

By Bashorun J.K Randle My plea to the entire Majekodunmi family is that the gravity of our mourning should be mitigated and the depth of our collective sense of irreparable

EDGY OPTIMIST By Obinna Chima Every school day in Nigeria begins with hope. A mother wakes before dawn to prepare her child. A father sacrifices part of his income to

By Okey Ikechukwu A few weeks ago, the government of Akwa Ibom State announced a comprehensive education reform programme. It is designed and tagged, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered basic education

Guest Columnist By Bola Ahmed Tinubu Fellow Nigerians Today, we celebrate democracy and the enduring Nigerian spirit. For 27 unbroken years, since May 29, 1999, Nigerians have chosen their leaders