By Temitope Ajayi Our habit of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious…
Category: Columns/Special Reports
Poverty, Culture, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves
By Prof. Chiwuike Uba, Ph.D. “Circumstances do not make the man; they reveal him.” James Allen’s…
Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa
By Ademola Oshodi West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows,…
Jelly Roll’s Grammys Speech Reminds of Freshly-minted President Buhari
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi Just like “fuel subsidy is gone” announcement dominated discourse post inauguration ceremony of…
The price of illicit drug trafficking
By Aernan Lubem In Nigeria, we have heard powerful statements from public officials so many times…
Opportunity has no mother tongue: How President Tinubu’s NELFUND provides equal access
By Dare Ojepe In a country where identity often arrives before ability, it is no small…
Why Nigeria should give this man a chance in 2027
By Dennis Okechukwu Nigeria’s greatest leadership problem is not a shortage of talent but a surplus…
Greenland: Trump’s predatory mood
US President Donald Trump’s attempt to “grab” Greenland constitutes a neo-colonial effort by a global “sheriff”…
The interconnected challenge of drug abuse and gambling in Nigeria
By Ojoma Omale The fight against illicit drugs in Nigeria has been persistent, intensified, and increasingly…
Yusuf’s defection, Kwankwaso and the 2027 Kano election
By Tunde Rahman Kano State, the bastion of progressive politics in Northern Nigeria, is going through…
Tinubu’s thunderous tumble in Turkey: An embarrassing stumble or wobble?
By Ikeddy ISIGUZO PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s collapse in Turkey has elicited comments that point more…
Oh, that Paul P-Square’s Ivy Detailed Her Testimony
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi “Was blind but now I can see!” You probably would have heard this…