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Guest Essays

Selected essays and commentary from accomplished writers, experts, and influential voices.

Guest Essays

Femi Fani-Kayode Looks Back at Atiku’s Long Road to a 7th Presidential Bid [MUST READ]

Femi Fani-Kayode | Op-Ed Contributor -
Waziri Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President of Nigeria, has attempted to become President of our nation no less than 6 times and his...
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Peter Mbah 101: Introduction to 101 Special Advisers and Assistants on the Eve of Election [MUST READ]

Okechukwu Nwokoye | Sub Editor -
Some announcements require analysis. Some require calculators. The Enugu State Government announced yesterday that Governor Peter Mbah has appointed 101 new Special Advisers, Senior...
Africa

Reuben Abati: Tinubu, Shettima, and The United Nations Assembly [MUST READ]

Reuben Abati | Op-Ed Contributor -
The high-level meetings and debates of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) open today at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States, with about...
Guest Essays

Edu Revive 2026: Critical Thinking, Inquiry-Based Learning, and Educational Revival in Africa [MUST READ]

Leo Igwe | Op-Ed Contributor -
The Edu Revive 2026 is a timely event that addresses the cogent needs of students, teachers and society. Early in the 21st century, the...
Guest Essays

Villain, Victim, or Rival? The Political Mystery of Chukwuma Soludo [MUST READ]

Vitus Ozoke | Op-Ed Contributor -
Something about Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo's relationship with Peter Obi is increasingly difficult to explain. It is not disagreement. Political disagreement is normal. It...
Africa

From Consumers to Owners: What the Dangote Refinery IPO Means for Nigeria’s Economic Future

Aziza Uko | Executive Editor -
When several Nigerian investment platforms buckled under a rush of applications for shares in Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, the outages revealed more than...
Guest Essays

Reuben Abati: INEC’s “Final List”, Dangote’s Ark, And The Looming Agony [MUST READ]

Reuben Abati | Op-Ed Contributor -
Reuben Abati examines INEC’s candidate list for the 2027 elections, threats to a credible poll, soaring living costs, and the frenzy surrounding Dangote Refinery’s...
Guest Essays

After Peter Obi’s Convoy Was Blocked in Benue, Is Enugu Blocking His Political Message? [MUST READ]

Vitus Ozoke | Op-Ed Contributor -
There is regulation. There is overregulation. There is political desperation masquerading as regulation. And then there is whatever the Enugu State Structures for Signage...
Guest Essays

Peter Obi’s Benue Blockade and the Politics That Enabled It [MUST READ]

Vitus Ozoke | Op-Ed Contributor -
Peter Obi did not travel to Benue State on September 8, 2026, to hold a campaign rally. He did not go there to commission...
Guest Essays

NELFUND Student Loans: Who Should Pay for Education in Oil Wealthy Nigeria? [MUST READ]

Opinions | The Trent -
There is perhaps no more jarring illustration of Nigeria's confused understanding of educational opportunity and social investment than the widely criticised suggestion by Mrs....
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