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On January 3, INEC, Nigeria’s electoral umpire, denied having published the 2027 election schedule. As often happens, the Nigerian mass media was eager to affirm, “Not me!” But equally ready to quote and take the power’s word for it, many outlets widely published the denial. But INEC was wrong, and so were the … Continue reading “The Nigerian media and 2027 elections – By Sonala Olumhense”
Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, spent the Christmas and New Year festivities behind bars. If you are keeping score, this means that by the time his bail application is heard by the Federal High Court in Abuja this Wednesday, Malami would have been without his liberty and swagger for … Continue reading “The case against Abubakar Malami – By Sonala Olumhense”
At dawn on January 3, 2026, the United States executed a military operation on Venezuelan soil that will mark a watershed moment in 21st-century geopolitics. US forces struck targets in and around Caracas, seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flew them to New York to face federal charges; while President … Continue reading “Editorial: Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Escapade Shreds International Order”
The acquisition of Maurel & Prom’s 20.07% stake in Seplat Energy by Heirs Energies is more than a corporate transaction. It is a declaration of intent; one that speaks to Africa’s growing ambition to finance, own, and shape its energy destiny. At roughly $500m, backed by a $750m loan from Afreximbank, the deal is a … Continue reading “Editorial: Tony Elumelu’s Bold Bet and Africa’s Energy Destiny”
In the theatre of power, nothing corrodes credibility faster than the appearance of confusion. What Nigeria witnessed over the last two weeks; the release, backlash, and hurried withdrawal of President Bola Tinubu’s clemency list, was not simply an administrative misstep. It was a moral debacle, a symptom of a government adrift in its own indecision. … Continue reading “Editorial: Tinubu’s Clemency Fiasco”
When a Commander-in-Chief dismisses his nation’s top military leadership, the country deserves clarity, not cryptic announcements. Yet once again, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has chosen secrecy over statesmanship, opacity over order. In a terse communiqué that offered neither rationale nor reassurance, the President on Friday, October 24 2025, sacked Nigeria’s Service Chiefs – the Chief … Continue reading “Editorial: Tinubu’s Ignominious Sacking of Service Chiefs”
In a bold, perhaps audacious, move, Nigeria’s National Assembly has proposed shifting the 2027 presidential and gubernatorial elections from the traditional February–March window back six months to November 2026. The rationale is compelling: by moving the polls earlier, all election petitions can be resolved before the May 29, 2027 handover date, thereby eliminating the … Continue reading “Editorial: The Proposed Election Calendar Shift to November 2026”
By every measure of democratic principle, the recent defections of elected politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are nothing short of a wholesale abandonment of democratic principles and corrosive betrayal of the party platforms under which they were entrusted with popular mandates. The mass exodus Governor Douye … Continue reading “Editorial: Nigeria’s Pernicious Plague of Political Defections”
There are statistics that wound the conscience of a nation. And then there are those that indict it irrevocably. Nigeria, once lauded as the “Giant of Africa,” now holds a distinction no government should ever claim: the lowest life expectancy in the world. The latest UN World Population Prospects report has handed Nigeria such an … Continue reading “Editorial: Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy in the world!”
Nigeria’s oil sector is a study in paradox, and the Tinubu administration appears content to watch the contradiction unfold. More than a year after the removal of fuel subsidies and the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the country’s ambition of achieving fuel self-sufficiency remains a mirage. Instead of moving toward energy independence, Nigeria … Continue reading “Editorial: Tinubu’s Fuel Subsidy Removal Paradox”