Category: Opinion
Opinion: Nigeria’s 5% Fuel Surcharge – A Promise or Another Burden?
When news broke about the Federal Government’s plan to implement a 5% fuel surcharge under the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025, Nigerians reacted with a mix of outrage, skepticism, and weary resignation. For many, it was yet another blow in an economy already straining under the weight of subsidy removal, inflation, and rising costs of…
OPINION: Small Damage Syndrome is Killing Nigeria Slowly
By: Shafihi Abdulrasheed Oladimeji It is troubling how we guard our personal five naira coin with the vigilance of a night watchman, yet destroy a million naira government transformers with the casualness of breaking kola nuts. This is the Nigerian paradox: we are angels to ourselves and demons to our collective property. We have mastered…
NSF 2024: How Engr. JCR ‘Cook’ a Pundit to the Gateway Games
This is me today, saying thank you. Thank you to a man who believed in the dream of a young pundit. Thank you to a man whose support lifted a sinking ambition. Engr. JCR is a rare breed, committed to the growth and upliftment of others. May he never falter. May his legacy endure long…
Alhaji Tajudeen Ibrahim: A Heart That Beats for Adewole
What strikes me most about Alhaji Tajudeen is how he has turned his influence into a tool for community building. His support for healthcare for our aged men and women simply shows a wisdom that knows that a community’s strength lies in how it treats its most vulnerable members. In some fora, many influential figures…
PROF. NOAH YUSUF: A Quiet Giant
Then he appeared—not with the fanfare one might expect from a distinguished academic, but with the gentle authority of a man comfortable in his skin. He exchanged pleasantries with us. He took out some Qurans from the shelf and distributed them to the children gathered around him, assigning specific Surahs for them to recite before…
QS AYO APERE: A Golden Jubilee of Worth and Service to Community
At fifty, he has achieved professional success, earned community respect and demonstrated meaningful change is possible without formal political power. – Excerpt By: Shafihi Abdulrasheed In life, there’s something magnetic about encountering people who pulse with purpose. In Share, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, this quality is being carried with a quiet…
Lucky Seven Times Two: A Birthday Tribute To Shoga
On this double-seven day—the seventh day of the seventh month—we celebrate a man who has chosen to live as if other people’s success is his own success, as if other people’s dreams are worth his time and energy. The numbers align like destiny: lucky seven times two, marking another year of a life spent turning…
Makinde’s six years in office – like sixty years? By Muftau Gbadegesin
I recently stumbled on a billboard somewhere in Ibadan that had the image of the Governor, Seyi Makinde emblazoned on it with a caption that sounded far more outrageously ridiculous than realistic: Makinde’s six years achievements in office have exceeded the success recorded in the last sixty years. Not surprisingly, that billboard was sponsored by…
TOSIN SHOGA: The Unsung Hero Behind Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda
By: Shafihi Abdulrasheed Dearest readers! Let me leave you with one word now. The measure of Shoga impact isn’t in headlines or accolades that trooped in after the event, but in the growing network of informed citizens who can articulate both the challenges and opportunities associated with the Renewed Hope agenda. Last Monday’s Stakeholders…
OPEN LETTER TO RT. HON. YAKUBU SALIU DANLADI
Urgent Call to Domesticate the FOI Bill in Line with Supreme Court Ruling and Public Demand for Transparency Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi, Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Kwara State House of Assembly Complex Ilorin, Kwara State. Dear Mr. Speaker, I write to you with deep respect for your leadership and your historic role in…