Opinion & Columns

By Nemi Tamuno The amendment to the Electoral Act 2026 has reignited one of Nigeria’s oldest democratic questions: should the law prioritize speed and finality of elections, or should it prioritize integrity and accountability of those who contest them? At the center of the debate is the removal of certificate …

… How Nigeria Pays Salaries to People Who Never Teach By Amb. Izuagbe Peter Ozimede The Scandal We Refuse to Name Every year we lament “teacher shortage.” Yet the deeper crisis is rarely spoken: thousands of people sit on government payroll as teachers who have not entered a classroom in …

By Nemi Tamuno Rivers State is once again the theatre of elite realignment, this time under a banner the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has christened the “Rainbow Coalition.” Announced during a thank-you tour of the riverine communities, the coalition is described by Wike as a “Renewed …

By Lanre Olagunju Nigeria has a peculiar relationship with election security. We ask the police to keep politicians from fighting, then spend the election complaining about which side the police are fighting for. That contradiction will be tested again on Saturday in Osun. The question is not whether the Nigeria …

By: Ehichioya Ezomon  Part two of this header on Monday, August 3, 2026, Iooked at the reasons advanced by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and ex-Anambra State Governor Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for demanding that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of …

 By:  Dr. Austin Orette Nigeria is a constitutional democracy founded on the principle of secular governance. In my view, democracy and the institutionalization of Sharia as a national legal framework are fundamentally incompatible. Those who seek to replace Nigeria’s constitutional order with a religious legal system should first confront the …

By: Dr. Austin  Orette A society that mocks honest labour is a society preparing for its own destruction. Nations do not become prosperous by celebrating wealth alone; they become prosperous by honouring the labour that creates wealth. The dignity of labour is the foundation upon which every great civilization has …

By: Ehichioya Ezomon  Opposition presidential hopefuls in the 2027 General Election, former Vice President and candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and ex-Anambra State Governor and candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, have adopted a theme that’s against the letter and spirit of …

By: Emmanuel Kanayo ‎Our Igbo forefathers were gardeners of destiny. They understood one law older than politics: _a leaf that forgets the tree becomes firewood. ‎They taught it with the smallest thing — _Eriri nwa_, the umbilical cord.  ‎The hospital calls it waste. Our people called it a rope. The …

By Constance Meju When elephants fight, the grass suffers. The long battle for control of the political turf between two giants, Nyesom Wike, former governor of the State, now Federal Capital Territory Minister, and the man he imposed on Rivers people as Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has unfortunately, turned out to …