By Bolanle Bolawole

"Does it then mean that the PDP is out of the woods? Not really! Party leaders still have to contend with the problem of how to reintegrate Wike into the party or effectively manage the maverick politician, if I may call it that! How will the party cure him of what many party faithful see as his anti-party activities? Will he still remain in the Bola Ahmed Tinubu/APC administration or will he be expected to quit?"

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

Justice in Nigeria comes with cost, curse, and cause, otherwise consequence. When we discuss justice Nigeriana, we are ultimately talking about the rising cost of injustice.

By Hassan Gimba

General Christopher Musa, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, recently urged us to learn combat skills to protect ourselves when faced with danger. He made this point as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He likened the acquisition of martial arts such as Karate, Taekwondo, and Judo to driving, swimming, and other essential survival skills. He even suggested that, were it not for the fact that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been “watered down to three weeks,” the programme should train Nigerian graduates in unarmed combat skills for daily survival against evil men.

By Azu Ishiekwene

When I wrote that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is an animal that eats its curator for lunch, it sounded like a stretch. But so far, the tenure of Bayo Ojulari as group chief executive officer is proving it. This might not be obvious if you look solely at Nigeria’s current crude oil sales.

By Bola Bolawole

“Chieftaincy titles, the crux of the current face-off between the Ooni and Alaafin, have these days become so debased they are bestowed on all sorts; it profiteth Yorubaland nothing”

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

STATISTICS on the health of Nigerian children are dreadful, dreary, depressing, and deadening. Death surrounds our children from conception to birth, for those who make it out alive. The Federal Government is disinterested in these issues that compromise the future - if there is any - of Nigeria.

By Jude Ogechi Eze.

For decades, the Onwa Esaa festival of Obollo land, which is an ancient lunar ritual niched in ancestral veneration, struggled to maintain its sanctity amidst a disturbing wave of violence, masquerade-induced terror, and social disorder. What was once the heartbeat of traditional spirituality in Obollo gradually became a season of fear and chaos, hijacked by the radicalization of Akatakpa masquerade operators who had lost sight of the sacred norms that once guided the cult.

By Micheal Owhoko, Ph.D

Who will restore Warri back to its glorious days? A city that was once the pride of all Wafarians, is now a shadow of itself, rusty and reeking with aroma of poverty occasioned by systemic decline with people cocooned in deprivation and squalor. Warri is allusively known as Wafi, making the people and residents of the city identified as Wafarians.

By Azu Ishiekwene

European leaders often portray Russian President Vladimir Putin as a tyrant, a land grabber, and a Russian bear. And following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine War three years ago, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, Putin has gone from being a bad guy in Western European eyes to being something worse: a war criminal.

By Wole Akinyosoye

I met Professor Jacob Olupona on the Board of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State. Then, he often travelled down from Harvard University for the Board meetings and always seemed in a hurry to go back. He is profoundly deep and introspective; it is no surprise that he is a professor and a member of the faculty at one of the world's most prestigious universities. I also noticed that Olupona is folksy. I found that he relished in breaking down complex concepts and reassembling them in a way that would make even a moron grasp his gist. He is like Neil deGrasse Tyson, the African-American astrophysicist who often makes space science seem like a piece of cake.

By Onyeoma Nwachinemere

There’s a storm brewing over Ghana, and it didn’t start yesterday. The tragedy is layered, the signs are familiar, and for those who have lived through history’s brutal cycles of foreign meddling and orchestrated collapse, it’s déjà vu all over again.

* Shades Bayo Onanuga

By Steve Osuji

YOUR REFORM IS NOT WORKING: This column always knew it and we're not ashamed to say that we said so. IMF last week in Lagos proclaimed it. NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC REFORM IS NOT WORKING, the Fund said at the unveiling of the Report on Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa. The report minced no words as it stated plaintively that after about 18 months, there were no meaningful results to show.