Benue: Alia’s drone and Tinubu’s thunderstorm
editor Yoruba people have a saying that goes thus: The Alfa (Islamic cleric) preaches, then thunderstorm roars, so he…
August 2025
Adeola @ 56: A sustained commitment to public service
Sir: Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (aka Yayi) was 56 on Sunday, August 10, 2025. In our today’s changing…
Okere Urges Army to Boost Security in Saki
The Nigerian Army’s 42nd Stakeholders Engagement held in Ibadan on August 15, 2025, brought together key stakeholders to…
That Interpol’s 3,459 cyber threat detections in Nigeria
The recent revelation by Interpol, detailing 3,459 ransomware threat detections in Nigeria in 2024, serves as a stark…
Has President Bola been de-mystified?
Anyone who has been reading this column diligently for the past three weeks would see that Comrade Dr.…
Adedeji’s FIRS on a mission with people-centric reforms
The Federal Inland Revenue Service is becoming more than a government agency. It is not today that we…
Beautiful outside, empty inside
SIR: Life is full of packaging. We live in a world where appearances have become currency, and the…
Self-reflection imperative to halt national and global rejection
In every society, the elders serve as the compass of communal direction—the custodians of wisdom and values, the…
OKOBI goes to Oxford University: Memories and lessons
I’ve always had a soft spot for the University of Oxford. As the oldest university in the English-speaking…
Northern Nigeria as Tinubu’s launch point for human capital renewal
Facts are sacred. Opinions are free. For years now, education in Northern Nigeria has been shaped by gross…