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The Federal Government has proposed a N6.69 billion allocation for Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited in the 2026 fiscal year, once again highlighting the heavy fiscal cost of sustaining a non-operational industrial giant more than four decades after it was conceived. There is a peculiar kind of genius in running a place so efficiently that nothing …

Continue reading "Ajaokuta Steel: The Cleanest Factory That Ever Refused to Make Steel Drains ₦6.04bn in Wages in 2026 as Nigeria’s Industrial Revival Stalls by Lawson Akhigbe"

History has a way of placing two men in similar circumstances and allowing their conduct—not their slogans—to define their legacies. Nelson Mandela and Nnamdi Kanu both found themselves charged with terrorism by states they accused of oppression. Yet the way each man engaged the judicial process could not be more different. One treated the court …

Continue reading "Mandela, Kanu and the Theatre of the Courtroom: A Study in Contrasts by Lawson Akhigbe"

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana History, they say, is a stern teacher— unyielding, relentless, and unforgiving to those who ignore its warnings. In politics, this truth is axiomatic: those who forget history are condemned to repeat its tragedies. Today, as Nigeria navigates the treacherous waters of …

Continue reading "Bala Mohammed, Terrorism & The Lessons of History By Emma Agu"

As I watched the exchange between Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, and the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, an encounter in which she reportedly declared, “Stop singing or I will switch off the microphone,” even limiting him to five minutes for his remarks, I found myself struggling to understand what our so-called …

Continue reading "Breach of Protocol and the Arrogance of Power? The Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu–Governor Adeleke Encounter and the Shadow of Elena Ceaușescu by Taiwo Akinlami"