FOR A PARTY that won an election, and uninterruptedly ruled for over a decade and a half, there is nothing…
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THE TRUE Nigerian spirit is beginning to sprout after the U.S. President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as a country of…
THE NIGERIAN government’s inaction against insecurity has been responsible for the senseless killings in the country. Many are feeling that…
THE IMAGES of the police taking on demonstrators in the streets of Tanzania and Cameroun, following disputed elections, remind me…
IN TRADITIONAL Nigeria, especially in the Muslim North, where I can confidently say I know a thing or two, segregation…
PROFESSOR Wole Soyinka, 91, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a well-sought-after global citizen. But even as…
DURING his inauguration, President Tinubu announced with aplomb his cancellation of petroleum subsidy. He appeared to expect grateful thanks from…
NIGERIA stands today as a paradox; a land of immense wealth and promise, yet scarred by deep social and economic…
THE REALISATION that a human being, divested of basic rights, could hardly effectively function in society, led to the embedment…
WATCHING the news of the recent elections in Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire broke my heart. Once again, Paul Biya —…