TARABA state is one of the largest geographical spaces in the federation – so large that over a hundred ethnic…
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IN the rarified air of academia, where specialisation often reigns supreme, it takes a bold intellectual to remind us of…
A FEW days ago, the National Assembly completed the review of the 2022 Electoral Act, harmonising differences in the amendments…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent appointment of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya as Renewed Hope Ambassador and Secretary for Party Outreach,…
THE FCT Minister’s decision to impose a curfew in Abuja without stakeholders’ engagement raises several constitutional concerns. The curfew restricts…
“THIS border reopening reflects a balanced and pragmatic approach to governance that recognises the link between economic inclusion, regional diplomacy,…
THERE are men who pass through power and there are men who redefine it. Murtala Ramat Mohammed belonged to that…
FEW social issues in Northern Nigeria combine moral urgency, human suffering, and policy failure as starkly as the Almajiri education…
TUESDAY, February 10, 2026, marked his last day as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Kashere, Gombe State. The…
WE will write herein facts that even Professor J. O. Amupitan, the current INEC Chairman, will find it difficult to…
OUR habit of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious scrutiny. The popular justification, continuous improvement, sounds…
WEST Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem,…
IN a move that has ignited nationwide fury and cast a long shadow over the credibility of the 2027 elections,…
FOR decades, the livestock sector in Nigeria has remained one of the country’s most under-leveraged economic assets; rich in potential,…
THE Jos-Akwanga-Abuja federal highway exemplifies Nigeria’s road infrastructure crisis, where deplorable conditions have turned vital transport corridors into scenes of…
BAUCHI was not born in silence. On the third day of February 1976, it arrived with the quiet dignity of…
HIS Excellency, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, is a highly respected and accomplished leader who has served Adamawa State with distinction,…
IN a country where identity often arrives before ability, it is no small thing when a public policy chooses to…
KANO State, the bastion of progressive politics in Northern Nigeria, is going through a turbulent time. This turbulence has caused…
I WRITE with profound gratitude to express my heartfelt appreciation to courageous compatriots and nationalists who stood with me against…