While we rejoice at Oriire release—we must never forget
THE release of the forty-four Oriire abductees after fifty-six harrowing days in the captivity of terrorists identified by the Defence Headquarters as JAS/Boko Haram was met with relief.
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Topic: <span>Governance</span>
The N/Assembly must get the NYSC reform right
THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established by Decree No. 24 of 1973 in the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War as an instrument of national reconciliation and integration. Today, the Scheme derives its legal authority from the National Youth Service Corps Act (Cap. N84, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004), a statute […]
Is Joseph Tegbe fixing the grid or merely managing the darkness?
WHEN Adebayo Adelabu was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Power, I publicly congratulated him and offered advice to a fellow indigene of Oyo State.
The republic deserves answers
Thank you for the rescues • Now answer the questions NIGERIA’s unrelenting insecurity demands a societal response. That response begins with citizens asking difficult questions. But before we do, we must express gratitude to the Nigerian military for rescuing 360 captives in Borno State, and to the Nigeria Police Force for rescuing the younger sister […]
A child’s question to Tinubu and Makinde
LAST Wednesday, on our way to his summer camp, my eight-year-old son asked me a troubling question: “Daddy, have the 39 schoolchildren and their 7 teachers kidnapped from the Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State been released?” I told him no. The federal government says it is working on […]
This column is blacked out in mourning
A deliberately spare act of public mourning that centres lives lost to insecurity rather than allowing routine political commentary to continue around them.
The maths teacher beheaded by a terrorist in Oyo
The killing of a teacher in Oyo is examined as a failure of security, local intelligence and the state’s obligation to protect ordinary citizens.
UAE exits OPEC: Time, sovereignty, and the fracturing of oil governance (Part 1)
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, was established in 1960 at the Baghdad Conference by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela to coordinate oil production and protect the interests of producing nations. The United Arab Emirates joined in 1967, becoming part of a system that shaped the modern oil order through collective […]
Nigeria’s power sector “penkelemesi”: Adelabu’s tenure and the next agenda
THE departure of Adebayo Adelabu as Minister of Power presents an opportunity for structural reset in a sector long managed through incremental adjustment rather than deliberate redesign. The word “Penkelemesi”—“peculiar mess”—popularized by Adelabu’s grandfather—aptly describes Nigeria’s power sector. From recurring grid collapses to chronic underperformance, it remains a study in systemic dysfunction. From recommendation to […]
The emerging global energy crisis and the shock absorbers of states (Part 1)
A systems account of how capable states build reserves and policy buffers before global oil and gas shocks reach households and firms.