NIGERIAN elections never end. But the cycle gets into overdrive roughly one year before a fresh general election. This is…
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THE hallowed chambers of the National Assembly and the Senate in particular, were never meant to be a theatre for…
THERE is a season when phones do not rest. They ring early in the morning before quiet reflection begins. They…
ISRAEL’s message to one of the intermediaries was that it would not participate in the US attack, and therefore asked…
A DEMOCRACY rarely collapses in a single dramatic moment. More often, it is slowly redesigned clause by clause until citizens…
NIGERIANS once again, woke up to the sad news of the gruesome murder of over 160 men, women, and children…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike are facing criticism for their curious failure in celebrating Abuja’s 50th…
I WAS returning from a quiet evening stroll a few days ago when I noticed a group of boys sitting…
NEPA promised us no more blackouts by 1986.We’re in 2026. Two national grid collapses in the first week of January…
MALI, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist…
NIGERIA is still absorbing the shock surrounding the reported death of a young and popular singer following a snake bite…
LAST week, we promised to examine the choices available to Iran and the United States, as well as how military…
IN the last five years in the five South Eastern states of Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu, and Ebonyi, Mondays have…
IT is indeed a time to celebrate with Abuja and a group of seven states Hurricane Murtala Muhammed who spent…
TWO weeks ago, Kano State governor Abba Yusuf defected from New Nigeria People Party (NNPP ) to the All Progressive…
AFTER months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa…
AS the noise around the 2027 elections begins to rise, Nigeria once again finds itself at a familiar crossroads. Posters…
A FEW days ago, I woke in the night, anxious and checking the news, half-expecting America and Israel to have…
LAST week, I shared a travelogue describing my visit to Taraba State, where distance is measured not in kilometres but…
THE trend of abductions and kidnapping for ransom as a big business in Nigeria is worrying and should be declared…