Opinion

By Tunde Olusunle With just over three months to go until Nigerians vote in the 2027 general elections, the script that the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has circulated —…
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By Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko As I drove my daughter to school, which is a private school, we passed several public schools. I took a second look at the dilapidated structures…
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46 years later. It can only be God. On this day, 1st October 1980, I left my father’s compound with almost nothing in my hands—only a First School Leaving Certificate. I had not…
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By Douglas Baye-Osagie _dbayeosagie@yahoo.com_ Another non-qualification now looms over Nigerian football. The 3-0 defeat to Guinea-Bissau in Bissau was not merely a bad…
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By Lamara Garba The first sign that Bauchi is being left behind is not a road sign. It is the silence. As the road stretches towards Yankari, the bustle of the city gradually…
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By Abdulkarim Abdulmalik On October 1, 2026, Nigeria will mark 66 years of independence from British colonial rule. Sixty-six years is long enough for a nation to have…
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Four years like yesterday, The past our past, And the sorry and sorrow bits We want to leave well And let go comes with a slap. A reminder that our time Is not linear but…
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By Abdulkarim Abdulmalik Nigeria’s religious diversity has always been both a defining feature of the country and one of its most delicate social realities. Muslims, Christians…
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Historically, Jigawa State has been classified as educationally backward. Past records show high rates of out-of-school children, low girl-child enrolment, poor learning outcomes,…
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By Abdulkarim Abdulmalik There was something larger than a routine government-media engagement in Enugu on Thursday. When Vice President Kashim Shettima stood before…
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