Analysis

Late Professor Biodun Jeyifo ...many have described BJ’s death “as the end of an era in Nigerian and African literary...

The din of the protests over the Senate’s earlier decision drowned out the fact that INEC currently runs a hybrid...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stands at the very heart of Nigeria’s enduring system of corruption. It is not...

Nigeria’s industrial challenge is therefore not fundamentally about choosing between neoclassical compliance and heterodox defiance. It is about building the...

National Assembly complex, Abuja. Elections are governed not by good intentions but by clearly prescribed rules. The bill’s landmark provisions...

The choice before Nigeria is clear. It can continue to project, spend large sums in small pieces, and debate numbers....

We are taking the sign out of the window. We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn't...

The story is told of when in the early 2000s, Vodafone, then the world’s largest telecoms company, commissioned one of...

The conversations around electoral reforms often focus on integrity and institutional capture, but usually omit how electoral cycles distort fiscal...

To pay tribute to one’s doctoral supervisor would be a simpler matter if his influence was restricted to the 2-3...

The range of forecasts shows how unpredictable Nigeria’s FX trajectory can be — and how crucial reforms, liquidity, and investor...

Professor Biodun Jeyifo. Tomorrow in Lagos, scholars and intellectual expeditioners will gather to honour and celebrate a most unique and...

The pursuit of secession and Israeli recognition by Somaliland’s Isaaq-dominated leadership is not a strategic breakthrough; it is a serious...

The replacement of the JTB with the JRB under Nigeria’s new tax laws is more than a name change. It...

There is enough to suggest that this is no longer just a matter of law and public good but an...

What do Igbos really want from Nigeria, and what conversations should we be having among ourselves? I was initially asked...

Genocide starts with the killing of one person and it is usually reported in the past tense. And if the...

Nigeria’s proposed 15 per cent fuel levy is thus not inherently illegitimate. It could, in principle, serve as a bridge...

While the forced entry of unbadged persons into the COP venue was followed by a high level of militarisation of the...

“Nigeria is a nation of remarkable complexity; multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural and home to over 230 million people. Nation-building in such...

If we can reclaim AI and social media as instruments of agency, rather than engines of manipulation, they may yet...

Financial institutions in Africa must develop strong climate finance capabilities, given the challenges ahead, to ensure they are more relevant...

Honourable Minister, the challenge before your ministry is clear: not to simplify Nigeria by erasing its tongues, but to imagine...

Nigeria must embrace a GovTech approach — one that uses modern, interoperable digital systems and data-driven practices to redesign how...

National Assembly complex, Abuja. The Senate now stands at a crucial crossroads. This is a moment not for fear, but...