By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi Veteran musician and social crusader, Charles Oputa, alias Charly Boy, made headlines two…
Category: Columns/Special Reports
Trump’s America and Labelling of Kwankwaso, Fulani, and Nigerian Muslims
By Yushau A. Shuaib I write this with deep concern—not anger, but concern—over what increasingly appears…
Ending the cycle: Why electronic transmission should be enshrined in the electoral act before 2027
By Olisa Agbakoba(SAN) Nigeria’s electoral framework has been plagued by persistent legal uncertainty, forcing courts to…
Imo 2027: What Governor Hope is Not Saying
By Prof. Protus Nathan Uzorma As Imo State hurtles towards the 2027 gubernatorial succession, the air…
What Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo isn’t telling about his sudden tattoo
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi The decision by the founder of the David Christian Centre (DCC), Pastor Kingsley…
Kwara massacre: Once lives don’t matter, who cares if 75 or 200 died?
By Ikeddy ISIGUZO WHAT is nicely called “Kwara Massacre” involves the termination of an indeterminate number…
Beyond the compulsory real-time transmission of results
By Temitope Ajayi Our habit of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious…
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…