Editorial: Katsina State and its Peace Deal with Bandits
The declaration last Friday by Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, that the peace deal entered into with bandits has yielded positive results in councils that were affected by insecurity, is…
Editorial: In Defence of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as NSA
The recent call by Senator Francis Fadahunsi, representing Osun East, to replace Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as National Security Adviser (NSA) with a retired military officer is not merely misguided; it…
Editorial: A Careless Song – On Your Mandate We Shall Stand.
There are missteps a nation can laugh off, and there are others that expose something far more troubling; a growing indifference to the sanctity of our institutions. What happened at…
Editorial: Why the Senate Must Reject Tinubu’s Ambassadorial List
Nearly thirty months after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu abruptly recalled Nigeria’s ambassadors in September 2023; leaving 109 foreign missions adrift, leaderless, and reputationally stranded, the long-awaited list of replacements has…
Tinubu’s Ambassadors – By Reuben Abati
No one should be surprised at the level of controversy that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambassadorial list of 35 nominees, whose names have been sent to the Senate for confirmation…
Editorial: Nnamdi Kanu’s Life Sentence – Jurisprudential Vandalism
Nigeria has once again proved itself adept at performing constitutional taxidermy; stuffing the corpse of justice, polishing it, and parading it as jurisprudence. With the life sentence handed down to…
Editorial: Mr President, You Did Not Inherit a Dilapidated Nigeria
There comes a time when silence becomes complicity. Nigeria has reached that time. Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the country has descended into a moral and economic abyss so deep…
Editorial: Mr President, End Kidnappings or Resign!
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stood on a stump in opposition and hurled a simple demand at then president Goodluck Jonathan: act to protect Nigerians or step aside. He invoked competence,…
PDP Crisis and National Stability – By Reuben Abati
The crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) came to a head over the weekend that just passed, November 15 -16 when a group of PDP elders, they refuse to…
Resurgence of terrorism and the price of silence – By Kunle Somorin
With Friday’s abduction of 227 teachers and students from St. Mary’s Catholic Nursery and Primary School in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria was once again thrust into the headlines of tragedy.…