(By Frank Ofili) Bad enough that federal roads across Edo, Delta and other parts of the South-South and South-East have deteriorated to the point where ordinary movement has become a nightmare. Bad enough that...
By Frank Ofili President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent comments questioning the construction of a flyover by a state governor he failed to name has generated considerable public debate. While every Nigerian is entitled to...
By Frank Ofili The fight against corruption under this administration appears to have quietly packed its bags and gone on indefinite leave. No resignation letter. No handover notes. Just… gone. Perhaps that is just...
By Frank Ofili Two things now define urban Lagos: refuse heaps and bad roads. They are everywhere. They have become the city’s unwanted landmarks. From the highbrow neighbourhoods to the working-class suburbs, mountains of...
By Frank Ofili After my last piece on this subject, I am forced to, once again, revisit the recurring outbreaks of xenophobic violence in South Africa, particularly against fellow Africans. The socio-political phenomenon invites...
By Frank Ofili More than two thousand years ago, Plato argued in The Republic that the foremost duty of the state is to create order, justice, and security for its citizens. The guardian class,...
Frank Ofili Nigerian politics is not won by noise, celebrity status, or media visibility. It is won by structure, alliances, grassroots acceptance, and deep political relationships built over decades. That reality once again played...
By Frank Ofili It was a short, stirring piece by Norbert Chiazor this morning that set it all in motion. A quiet nudge to memory, a sudden swell of nostalgia, and an irresistible urge...
By Frank Ofili For two months now I have watched and read, with the corner of one eye, the US-Israeli war on Iran, and I cannot but conclude that one of its most consequential,...
By Frank Ofili The periodic eruption of violence by black South Africans against fellow Africans—particularly Nigerians, Ghanaians, Zimbabweans, and others—remains one of the most troubling contradictions in post-apartheid Africa. That victims and perpetrators often...
