There are moments in history when silence becomes treachery, when neutrality becomes complicity, and when the soul of a nation cries out for redemption. Nigeria has reached that defining moment. The air is thick with despair, the streets echo with hunger, and the hearts of her citizens throb with disappointment. The people no longer dream;...

On a humid election night years ago, somewhere between the flickering bulbs of an INEC collation centre and the restless murmurs of party agents refusing to go home, a senior journalist leaned over and asked a quiet but devastating question: “If this man walks away, who is left to stand?” The room fell silent. Not...

There are moments in the life of a nation when history ceases to be a record and becomes an indictment.There are seasons when memory is no longer an exercise in nostalgia but a moral interrogation.Nigeria is standing in such a moment.The question before us is not whether we desire prosperity, innovation, and employment.We mouth those...

VOX POPULIQUES. A Series on Power, People, and the Nigerian Moment In every nation’s life, there comes a season when history pauses, listens, and asks a quiet but demanding question: who understands this moment well enough to lead it? These are not moments for noise or novelty. They are moments for depth, memory, and moral...

ATIKU ABUBAKAR, THE MAN FOR THE HOUR. A NATION ON TRIAL, A REGIME IN THE DOCK, AND THE WORK THAT MUST BEGIN NOW. Aare Amerijoye DOT.B What, in truth, does Christmas demand of a nation in moral distress? Is it merely a ritual of lights and hymns, or is it, at its most honest, a...

There are men whose birthdays are private affairs of cake and candles.And there are men whose birthdays feel like a national referendum on hope.Alhaji Atiku Abubakar belongs to the second category. Today, as he marks another year on this earth, Nigerians are not just counting his age; they are counting his battles, his scars, his...