Tinubu, the Truth and Time: A Fading Line or an Engraving Legacy?
“It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.” – Voltaire Voltaire’s timeless truth still unsettles tyrants: those who dare to be right in the face of entrenched wrongs are often condemned before they are celebrated….
Electoral Thieves: Defections, Democracy, and the Subversion of Popular Will
> “All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.” — John 10:8 (KJV) That was the voice of the Messiah — a moral principle by which both the Redeemer and the…
FFK and the Talk Merchants: The Spy, the Silence, and the Slaughter
There is a generation of public voices in Nigeria who talk for bread, not for truth. They are the talk merchants of our tragedy — loud when the powerful need justification, mute when the powerless need justice. None embodies this…
Stealing or Serving: The Question Bank CEOs, Public Servants, and General Overseers Must Answer
A Quick Picture We Can All See The philosophy of pristine African homeland leadership is captured in a Yoruba adage: “Oba ba lori ohun gbogbo”—the king owns EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. It was this worldview that made colonial invasion deceptively easy:…
Attention President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: See Where Corruption Is Hiding From You (Part One: Customs)
In faraway Brazil one time ancestral home for the Cardosos, the Da Silva and other African families who returned to Lagos after the abolition of the slave trade era with new names, came a startling claim from President Bola Ahmed…
Nepal’s Youthquake: Sowore, DSS, X; A Warning to Nigeria
Why Nepal Matters to Nigeria—Right Now About this time 5 years ago, tension was high and Nigerian youth were on edge: would they break under the weight of police harassment? They found a way to solve the problem; #EndSARS protest….
The Emilokan Drag between the Ooni and Alaafin: Who will Bell the Cat?
Introduction: At a time togetherness is the need of the Yoruba Nation division seems to be rearing its head. Tradition, rather than tidy Yoruba hegemony is tearing us apart. The entitlement mentality to which our hospitable spirit of our forebears…
Democracy on Trial: A Canadian Court’s Wake-Up Call for Nigeria
On June 17, 2025, far from Abuja, a Federal Court in Ontario, Canada, delivered a ruling that should shake every Nigerian who still believes in democracy. The case was not about a coup, an insurgency, or a terrorist cell in…
From Forests to Thrones: How Ethnic Power Struggles Fuel Nigeria’s Insecurity – An Akuns Memo to PBAT
In an era when many critical stakeholders have chosen the path of silence, submission, or sycophancy, it is refreshing—if not redemptive—to hear the clear, courageous voice of Da Jonathan Sunday Akuns (Galadima Daffo) in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau…
Cardoso’s Economic Gamble: A Failing Bet on the Brazilian Model and the Danger to Tinubu’s Economy of Votes
In times of crisis, nations rise or fall on the decisions of their leaders. Nigeria today stands on the brink—not because her people are unwilling to work, but because those tasked with activating her economic levers seem out of sync…
Sanwo-Olu and the Future of Lagos: Building the Infrastructure for Opportunity
When the story of visionary governance in Nigeria is written, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will be remembered not merely as a builder of structures, but as an architect of opportunity. Under his watch, Lagos is transforming from a city defined by concrete…
