A country where life has become cheap, where children are kidnapped from classrooms, teachers are beheaded, soldiers are slaughtered in their bases, and ordinary people now live as if death is permanently standing at their doorstep. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should resign. There comes a point when silence becomes complicity. Nigeria has reached that point. I write not as a member of any political party, not as an agent of any opposition, and not as...
Nigeria’s 2026 Children’s Day should be beyond rehashed symbolism and optics to trigger deep reflections on the state of the nation, writes Anthony Ubani There are moments when a nation’s hypocrisy becomes too loud to ignore. Nigeria’s 2026 Children’s Day is one of such moments. Across the country, government officials mounted podiums, released polished statements, preached inclusion, praised the promise of the Nigerian child, and spoke the usual language of hope. But beneath the banners...
The APC presidential primary of Saturday, 23 May 2026, was presented as a direct primary. In substance, it looked like a coronation of President of Tinubu for second term The APC presidential primary of Saturday, 23 May 2026, was presented as a direct primary. In substance, it looked like a coronation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner with 10,999,162 votes. His only challenger, Stanley Osifo, received 16,503 votes. The exercise was reportedly conducted across...
Anthony Ubani argues in this editorial opinion that the tragedy of Nigeria’s democracy is amplified by an electorate that has stopped believing that their vote matters There is a quiet tragedy unfolding in Nigeria’s democracy, and it is not the kind that makes headlines. It is the tragedy of a people who have stopped believing that their vote matters. In the 2023 general elections, out of 93.4 million registered voters, only 24.9 million cast their...
The author submits that the shameful circumstances surrounding the tax laws should stimulate deeper reflections on the state of legislative representation For over a week now, flipping through the pages of Nigerian newspapers, social media, and other media platforms, the dominant issue trending nationwide has been the discovery of significant discrepancies between the gazetted version of the Tax Laws made available to the public and what was actually passed by the Nigerian legislature. Since this...
The crisis of climate change is getting more real in everyday life and living as the author’s experience while spending Christmas in Bauchi reveals Perhaps it happened years before I was born. However, I have never witnessed the 25th of December with a temperature of above 30°C in the evening; not even close to that. This year, I happened to be in Bauchi, my home state, during the time. It was quite surprising how confused...
In this opinion editorial, Anthony Ubani pays tributes to the five years anniversary of FixPolitics Five years ago, a simple but profound question reshaped the civic landscape of Africa: Why does politics in Africa continue to fail its people despite the continent’s wealth of talent, resources, and human potential? Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili posed this question and pursued answers through a research fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin. Her work revealed a troubling reality,...
At a tense meeting between the Nigerian Governors Forum and the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures, a young Speaker dared to say what few politicians would ever utter to power: “You are not God.” That moment would reshape the debate over legislative autonomy and define a future governor’s political philosophy, writes Uko Etuk The room went silent. A powerful governor at the meeting of Nigeria’s Governors Forum (NGF) and the Conference of Speakers of...
The viral video of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister in a furious face-off with a soldier speaks a deep low in character and leadership, writes Anthony Ubani A viral video is going around. It shows the Federal Capital Territory minister in a furious face-off with a soldier. The soldier says he is only following orders. The minister calls him a “big fool.” Journalists, the minister’s entourage and the general public watch. The exchange is...
In this opinion piece, Michael Olaogun argues that Nigeria’s democracy gains are limited by lack of data-driven nation-building efforts Since the fifth century, the concept of democracy as a “people-oriented” system of government has permeated different parts of the world, adapting to various cultural and historical contexts with its intention to promote citizens’ government. This is defined as “government of the people, by the people, for the people” attributed to Abraham Lincoln. As such, it...
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