By Our Reporter

History and tradition collided in Amechi-Uno, Enugu South Local Government Area, as elder statesman and former governor of old Anambra State, Jim Nwobodo, staged a powerful return to his ancestral compound in Ugwu Agba after assuming the revered title of Onyeizhi Umunna, the eldest man of his clan.

By Azu Ishiekwene

I forecast that by May 29 or earlier, the president will replace ministers, especially those who have since outlived their IOU value. As pressure mounts ahead of the pre-election year, no fewer than five of them will be replaced or reassigned by the end of 2025 – What You Might Expect in 2025, January 10, 2025

By Prince Charles Chudi Chukwuani

Nigeria’s leading broadcast and business news organisations occupy a powerful position in shaping public understanding of governance, diplomacy, and Nigeria’s standing in the world. With that influence comes responsibility — particularly when reporting presidential activities outside the country.

By Tunde Akanni

By far impacting the most devastating effect on Nigerians home and abroad as 2025 began to wind down was the fatal accident involving the UK based Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua, fondly hailed, AJ. The tragedy instantly claimed the lives of two of AJ’s associates, Sina Ghami and Lateef Ayodele, otherwise, Latz. Inalilai wa inailei rajiun. May their precious souls rest in eternal peace, amen.

By Tanimu Yakubu

A striking feature of Nigeria's current economic debate is the enthusiasm with which huge numbers are circulated—and the casualness with which they are assembled. Tax collections are added to oil receipts; oil receipts are added again under customs or "subsidy savings"; borrowing is treated as income; and the resulting total is presented as proof of incompetence or theft.

By Hassan Gimba

Barely after the first edition of the write-up with the above caption, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated a Committee on Strategy, Conflict Resolution, and Mobilisation to resolve conflicts within the All Progressives Congress, APC. He tasked the committee with strengthening party cohesion, resolving lingering disputes, and crafting a unified mobilisation strategy to sustain APC’s dominance at the polls. He deemed it appropriate to appoint Governor Mai Mala Buni as its chairman.

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

Fourteen years ago, then President Goodluck Jonathan increased the price of fuel on 1 January 2012. I summarised 2012, then, as the year that almost wasn't.

By Mohammed Idris, fnipr

As we enter a new year, the questions that fill our markets, our homes, and our places of work are clear and urgent. They are questions about the price of food, about security in our communities, and about the direction in which our country is headed. It is the duty of this office, the Ministry of Information and National Orientation, to speak to these questions directly, clearly, and with respect for every Nigerian bearing the weight of this moment.

By Steve Osuji

The Battle Of Megalomaniacs: Why does everyone seem to miss the point? Why can't Nigerians see that the ruckus in the Nigerian oil and gas sector is a battle between two sharks who seek total acquisition and complete takeover of the industry as part of their burgeoning personal empires?

By Amb Godknows Igali

The sudden departure of Olusegun Awolowo on 27th November, 2025 was wholly unforeseen, leaving family, friends and the nation totally unprepared. It actually ripped a gaping hole in the fabric of Nigerian collective soul. At the very prime of his life, just 62 years, an age where wisdom and energy readily intersects to produce the most impactful service, this most affectionately regarded, and outstanding public figure yielded to the calling of the chariot of death rather peremptorily. The shock of his passing reverberated across every corner of the country, a poignant, pathetic reality of the debility of human existence and the cruel unpredictability of fate.

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

Uncertainties of unimaginable proportions envelope Nigeria. No matter how we try, we cannot get used to them, they are new every morning.

By Hassan Gimba

This article was first published in December 2020. In light of recent U.S. airstrikes targeting terrorist groups linked to transnational extremist networks and the renewed focus on international counterterrorism efforts in Nigeria, I find this write-up highly relevant to current developments.