Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- What is a new Nigeria? What should it connote? And how can the old become new? The thought-picker, new Nigeria, may come off as a philosophical trope, as it has been noised threadbare over time. But beyond the philosophism of the motif, there is a reality, a possibility, and a need for us all as Nigerians to steer our nation to a new and better place, not necessarily an Eldorado, but a place where tribes and tongues differ, but unity, peace, harmony, discipline, and strong values endure. This is the nation President Bola Tinubu is mobilising diverse consciences to build.

By my estimation, a new Nigeria is a nation where tongues do not divide, but unite; where faith does not poison the cauldron, but heals the broken an...