What If Some Countries Reject The New Nigerian Ambassadors?

 By Kingsley Moghalu

Over the weekend I read a news story in The Punch newspaper about how several countries’ authorities have expressed unease about the prospect of receiving new ambassadors from Nigeria virtually 1 year to the end of tenure of our current President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If true (and such concern would be logical based on standard diplomatic practice), this should not be a surprise. 

*Some of the new ambassadors 

To be announcing ambassadorial appointments nearly a year to the end of an elected government’s tenure, when the practice is that receiving countries must issue a formal “agreement”, a formal decision by the receiving country to accept credentials from the individual named as Ambassador – a process that takes several weeks to months at the earliest — does not indicate serious and responsible governance.

Kwara: The Slaughter House — A State Betrayed by Leadership

 By Michael Oyewole

For over five months, these terrorists had been sending warning letters and pamphlets to these communities. They announced their intention to “preach” Islam to them. They demanded surrender. The villagers reported this strange incident to ALL relevant authorities. The intelligence was there. And what did the government do? Nothing. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

In the early hours of February 3, 2026, the villages of Woro and Nuku in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State were turned into a literal slaughterhouse. Jihadist terrorists preaching a twistedly strange, bloodthirsty doctrine stormed in around 5 p.m. They went from house to house, rounding up residents, binding their hands behind their backs, and executing them in cold blood. 

What If Some Countries Reject The New Nigerian Ambassadors?

 By Kingsley Moghalu

Over the weekend I read a news story in The Punch newspaper about how several countries’ authorities have expressed unease about the prospect of receiving new ambassadors from Nigeria virtually 1 year to the end of tenure of our current President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If true (and such concern would be logical based on standard diplomatic practice), this should not be a surprise. 

*Some of the new ambassadors 

To be announcing ambassadorial appointments nearly a year to the end of an elected government’s tenure, when the practice is that receiving countries must issue a formal “agreement”, a formal decision by the receiving country to accept credentials from the individual named as Ambassador – a process that takes several weeks to months at the earliest — does not indicate serious and responsible governance.

The Eternal Candidate: When Ambition Outstays Its Welcome

By Olufemi Aduwo 

There is no democratic or constitutional argument against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s right to seek the office of the President of Nigeria. In a republic governed by law rather than sentiment, political ambition does not expire with age and the ballot remains open to all who meet the formal requirements.

*Atiku 

Atiku may, if he so desires, contest for office even at the age of one hundred. That, however, is not the question confronting Nigeria as 2027 approaches. The real issue is not eligibility, but judgement; not entitlement, but wisdom; not ambition, but its consequences for national cohesion. Politics, as Edmund Burke reminded us, is a discipline of discernment rather than dogma. Rights may be absolute, but their exercise is always conditioned by circumstance. 

Nigeria’s Electoral Act: Dodgy Senators, Gullible Citizens

 By Tonnie Iredia

Bearing in mind that a constitution would be unwieldy if it is made to contain every type of provision, other laws, regulations and guidelines are allowed to provide further provisions that would illuminate the not too copious constitutional statements on a particular subject area. The Electoral Act is expected to handle such situations in matters of elections. 

Painfully, the National Assembly, has since 1982, used every opportunity to produce a bastardized document for the nation. They have done this severally using inexplicable methods – the latest being what prolific television anchor, Seun Okinbaloye describes as ‘boju-boju’ strategy.

Adams Oshiomhole And The South African ‘Mgbeke’

 By Ugoji Egbujo

I pity Oshiomhole. At 73, our grandfathers had young wives. The culture of polygamy permitted them to keep a harem to cater to all their fantasies. They probably believed a touch of  nubility was needed to soothe aging nerves and joints, especially when the gaze of the older wives had shifted to their grandchildren. But Western civilisation turned up and upturned that order. Now a full-fledged Chief cannot travel in peace with a damsel without having to tell tales to placate ranting meddlesome kids on social media in order to preserve his hard-earned reputation.

*Oshiomhole 

But I blame Oshiomhole. Most Nigerian politicians know how to tell disarming lies. And when they can’t lie effortlessly, they hire sharp and astute liars as personal advisers. It was heartbreaking to see Oshiomhole literally writhing like a rat in a trap and his men digging a hole in a vain attempt to free him. His team should have done better than the hurried dismissal of the viral video of their principal in a precarious situation with a South African lady as AI-generated.

Gale Of Defections: Why Should Anyone Vote In Nigerian Elections?

 By Olu Fasan

By the end of this year, or even earlier, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, may control 30 or more of Nigeria’s 36 state governors. Currently, the party has 29 state governors in its fold. Of these 29, only 21 are APC governors by election, the others are APC governors by defection. 

The gale of defections has swept away eight of the 12 governors of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and deprived the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, of its only governor. The president, Bola Tinubu, is fully hands-on in his determination to lure and co-opt virtually all opposition governors into his party ahead of his re-election bid in 2027. 

As Terrorists Gradually Take Over Nigeria…

 By Adekunle Adekoya

What initially began as isolated incidents after the death of Mohammed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram after his death in July 2009 later balooned into full-scale insurgency with which we have struggled to no end for 16 years. Then, the insurgents were trying to establish control over ungoverned spaces in parts of Borno State far from the capital. Later, they grew bolder, started levying taxes on residents, and within a short time, established control.

They became so entrenched that countries of the Lake Chad area had to form a joint security outfit to respond to them. And so we had the Multi-National Joint task Force, the MNJTF, comprising soldiers and other security operatives from Nigeria, Chad and Niger Republic. But they were not deterred. Having secured the backing of international terror organisations like Al-Qaeda, ISWAP and others, terrorists have sustained their onslaught on Nigeria’s territorial sovereignty through repeated attacks on many towns and villages, in Borno and Adamawa.

Why Peter Obi Is Not Your Typical Politician

 By Dan Onwukwe

History sometimes provides a striking opportunity to understanding the interplay between leaders and situations that differentiate one from the pack. It also provides a valuable insight into the changing dynamics of power. It’s a fact that leadership carries a sacred responsibility not measured by political contests alone, but by courage, conviction, and respect for the dignity of the people – even under pressure. 

*Peter Obi

This is why some politicians deserve the recognition, good will and respect they get from the people, while others don’t. The latter category can best be described in pidgin English as “waka just pass”. These are leaders who strut the political space just to be noticed. They leave no enduring legacy. Their footprints varnish once they leave the political stage. 

How Natasha-Akpoti Uduaghan Is Redressing Nigerian Politics

 By Collins Adaka

Since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1999, politics in Nigeria has gone haywire. Politicians no longer deliver on their promises having made so many alluring ones during campaigns.

*Akpoti-Uduaghan 

To them, the political romance has come to an inevitable end. What else can we do? Until the next election, they come again with even more captivating and better promises, and so, once again we fall victims.

They get richer and richer while we, as Nigerians get poorer and poorer. Such is the elusive bond we have with our politicians and such is our way of life concerning politics in Nigeria. Therefore, life in present day Nigeria is brutish and hellish.

Is Tinubu’s Presidency Careless, Clumsy And Corrupt?

 By Ugoji Egbujo

Tinubu’s presidency must be closely watched. At inception, it hurriedly sacked ambassadors like it had a clear foreign policy direction to salvage the country. Then for two and half years, it couldn’t nominate ambassadors, leaving the embassies rudderless.

*Tinubu and Shettima 

In the midst of that baffling shiftlessness, the president globetrotted unperturbed, with the all-knowing ease of a magician. Had he been asked during the campaigns, he would have bragged about his capacity to find without delay the best hands and brains to coordinate his visionary foreign policy. 

Is Nyesom Wike Wicked Or Just Wired For War?

 By Tony Iwuoma

This is about power, paranoia and the politics of staying relevant. In Nigerian politics, there are loud men, and then there is Nyesom Wike, mere mention reroutes conversations and rearranges loyalties.

*Wike 

Admirers call him fearless and effective. Critics describe him as vindictive, ungrateful, and power-drunk. Yet the heat around Wike is about personality, permanence, and peace, or the lack of it.

Politics is a survival theatre. So, the question is not whether Wike is wicked in the biblical sense, but whether he has become a prisoner of the very power rituals he perfected.

Bola Tinubu’s Tax Laws: Tainted By Bad Faith, Integrity Deficit

 By Olu Fasan

Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, he was on to something truly transformative if carefully crafted and shaped by a broad consensus.

*Tinubu signs the new tax law

 Unfortunately, however, the tax reforms started off on the wrong foot and ended, after a tortuous process, with new tax laws tainted by bad faith, manifested in skulduggery and cognitive biases that threaten to undermine the integrity and, thus, success of the new tax regime.

The Kaduna Abductions And Matters Arising

 By Adekunle Adekoya

Just few days into the new year 2026, peace was, for the umpteenth time, shattered nationwide and in Kaduna State in particular when on Sunday 18 January, more than 170 worshippers were kidnapped in three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

First, we have become so unfortunate with insecurity that we are now used to it, just as we are now used to bad roads, lack of potable water with virtually every building sinking its own borehole. We are also now used to hospitals without doctors and drugs, while generating one’s own electricity is now the norm, rather than the exception. Almost everything people in other countries take for granted we have to suffer for here and mostly, never get.

Has Nyesom Wike’s Juju Expired?

 By Ugoji Egbujo

For years, Nyesom Wike seemed untouchable, wielding power with impunity and bending institutions to his will. He could come on national TV ‘barking’.  He could wear crazy colored clothes. He could hold more media chats than the president and all governors combined to gossip about his mentors, who had all become his enemies.

*Wike 

As a junior minister, he hounded his former governor—Rotimi Amaechi—who had played a key role in his rise. In 2015, when the Court of Appeal nullified elections across Rivers State, only the governorship survived to the Supreme Court. Shockingly, the apex court upheld Wike’s victory despite widespread allegations of grave irregularities.

From Screwdrivers To Superpowers: Why Nigeria Still Fears The People It can’t Erase

 By Tony Iwuoma

The greatest misunderstanding about Ndigbo in Nigeria is not the resentment they face. It is the ignorance surrounding why that resentment exists. And that ignorance is dangerous. People insult what they envy, but systems fear what they cannot control.

Beyond marginalisation, exclusion, and endless arguments about fairness, there is a deeper and more unsettling truth: Ndigbo represent an uncontrollable force in a country engineered around control, patronage, and dependency. That reality makes power deeply uncomfortable.

Conformity is rewarded in Nigeria but independence is punished. A system tolerates groups it can predict but fears those it cannot cage.

$9 Million To Explain Nigeria To America!

 By Andy Ezeani

Until Donald Trump came along in the last quarter of 2025 with threats to recreate a cowboy scenario in Nigeria, “with guns ablazing”, the idea of the Nigerian government being accountable to anyone did not arise.

The government, led by Bola Tinubu, just like its predecessor under Muhammadu Buhari, awkwardly lived its sovereign status to a hilt. Having vanquished the legislature, the presidency is answerable to no authority but itself.

US Bombings And Nigeria's Igbo Problem!

By Azuka Onwuka

First they said the Christian genocide narrative was started by IPOB. That did not fly.

Then they said it was Peter Obi that was sponsoring it. That failed. 

When Trump bombed Sokoto and it was looking embarrassing that a foreign country could bomb a part of Nigeria and announce it, they quickly acknowledged that they collaborated with the US to bomb Nigeria, which was even more embarrassing. 

RE: The Screwdriver Salesman Behind Trump’s Airstrikes In Nigeria

 By Franc Utoo

The story told in that New York Times article is not just wrong; it is an injury added to an open wound. It tries to turn survivors into suspects, truth‑tellers into propagandists and a decade of blood into a clever “narrative” to be managed by consultants in Washington and Abuja. 

It will not stand. 

*Trump 

Who really asked America to wake up? 

The article leans into a lazy, convenient fiction: that Nigeria’s designation as a Country of Particular Concern was some side‑effect of Igbo separatist agitation or partisan games in Washington. That is a lie. 

It was not drawn up in an office in Abuja or dreamed up in a back room in DC. It was born in the ashes of burned churches, homes, and in the dust of mass graves. 

- It came from priests who have buried their parishioners by the hundreds, who have watched altars reduced to rubble and sanctuaries turned into slaughterhouses. 

Xtian Genocide In Nigeria: The Screwdriver Salesman Distraction

By Tosin Adeoti

Recently, a narrative spread rapidly across Nigerian media and social platforms. It claimed that the reason President Trump and his advisers authorised airstrikes in Nigeria was information supplied by a “screwdriver salesman” in Onitsha.

The story originated with a New York Times report and was excitedly amplified locally by outlets such as The Cable and The Nation. The framing was deliberate and dismissive. Emeka Umeagbalasi was portrayed primarily as a man who owns a small shop selling screwdrivers and wrenches in a market in the commercial hub of southeast Nigeria. The implication was clear. How could someone like this possibly influence U.S. foreign policy?