By Charles Udoh We are probably witnessing the best team performance by a senior Nigerian side in recent times—especially across the last two matches. I had just finished penning my thoughts last night and went to bed, hoping to share them this morning. When I woke up, as usual, I rummaged through my favourite online …
This is not a goodbye. It is Christmas, and if there is one thing this season gives us permission to do, it is to pause and reflect without pretending everything was perfect. After more than fifteen years working across public relations measurement and media intelligence, with over a decade spent deep in analysis, 2025 reminded …
By any measure, the latest expansion of U.S. travel restrictions marks a significant turning point in America’s engagement with Africa, and Nigeria sits uncomfortably at its centre. On December 16, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation tightening entry restrictions on nationals from countries deemed to have persistent and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, …
By Taiwo Olatunji Nigeria’s infrastructure ambition is not constrained by vision, but by the financing architecture. The public sector balance sheet, which has been the primary source of financing, has become very tight, while financing from the private sector is available and increasing, with a focus on long-term, naira-denominated assets. Hence, the challenge lies …
By Samuel Aruwan In the annals of a nation’s history, the spotlight rightly falls on those who have held its highest offices. Yet, to understand the true essence of a leader like General Christopher Gwabin Musa, one must journey back to the sacred soil from which he sprang. It was a soil fertilized by …
By Martin Baron Every year of my journalistic career of nearly half a century, I have known only a free and independent press in the United States. My professional start was in the 1970s. Those were years when Americans could see clearly how the press served democracy: With the publication of the Pentagon Papers, …
The Global Information Crisis Poses a Dire Threat to Economic Prosperity and Human Progress, and a Unique Opportunity. Eleven of the world’s leading economists, including two Nobel laureates, urge governments to recognize and uphold the economic value of public interest media in the age of AI Governments around the world are chasing the AI dream, …
By PJ Usanga Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has sparked a firestorm after alleging during a live television interview that the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) is operating a covert policy of appeasement—offering monthly payments and food supplies to bandits, which he described as a “kiss-the-bandits policy.” He claims this amounts to …
By Akin OLANIYAN “Comment is free, but facts are sacred. “Propaganda, so-called, by this means is hateful” – CP Scott In trivialising the interesting exchanges between Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communication and social media to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike and Rufai Oseni of Arise TV, the media …
