Aliko Dangote’s Iran Wartime Windfall
There is an old truth about capitalism that moralists dislike and financiers quietly engrave onto marble: somewhere, someone’s catastrophe is another man’s quarterly earnings report. Wars flatten cities, sink currencies…
Eko Hotels At 50 – By Reuben Abati
Beyond the suffocating air of Nigerian politics, which gets far more problematic by the day, with its unending twists and turns, there are more sober happenings within this same polity,…
Gov Adeleke Deposes Osun Monarch Convicted Of Fraud In US
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the deposition of Oba Joseph Oloyede as the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government following his conviction in the United States…
EFCC Declares Ex-Minister Sadiya Farouq Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Farouq, wanted over alleged diversion of public funds, abuse of office and alleged criminal…
Are Nigeria’s 2027 elections already lost? – By Sonala Olumhense
Perhaps. We have heard from Senate President Godswill Akpabio many times, sometimes in strange ways, including embarrassment, such as when he could not pronounce a number he had written down…
focus: Why Goodluck Jonathan Should Resist A 2027 Presidential Run
There are few miracles in Nigerian politics, but Goodluck Jonathan once performed one. In 2015, after losing a fiercely contested election, he conceded defeat peacefully and handed over power without…
Nigeria’s 2027 governorship battlegrounds: Where the real fights will likely be
With the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixing February 6, 2027, for governorship and state assembly elections in 28 states, the map of likely battlegrounds is already taking shape. Eight…
Tinubu on Collision Course With Ministers Defying March 31 Resignation Deadline
President Bola Tinubu is heading toward a potential confrontation with several members of his cabinet who have quietly adopted a wait and see strategy on their 2027 political ambitions, despite…
Editorial: Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia in South Africa
Africa has long traded not only in goods and borders, but in something more elusive and more valuable: a sense of shared fate. From the liberation struggles of the 20th…
The Coalition That Became A Collision – By Reuben Abati
The most remarkable incident in Nigeria in less than a week, is all things considered how a political coalition has turned out as a collision, literally and figuratively, in the…