I STILL remember the evening I first heard the term “Japa.” It came in the form of a meme—“If you’re…
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TWO years can feel both fleeting and painfully long in Nigeria. Seven hundred and thirty dawns have rolled across the…
LAST week’s column took state governors to task, and the response was electric: inboxes flooded, phone lines buzzed, and hashtags…
THE halfway mark of any journey invites a reckoning, and politics is no exception. In mature liberal democracies, the reckoning…
WHEN the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, better known as NELFUND, was unveiled, it landed like a spark in a dry…
THE world came together on a warm April morning in Rome. Under Bernini’s wide colonnade, a simple wooden coffin lay,…
CHINA and Nigeria, two continental giants that entered the late 1970s with similar per capita incomes, have since taken opposite…
RIVERS State is currently facing a pressing and time-sensitive threat. The oil-rich state has come under intense political scrutiny following…
THE appointment of a new leadership team at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has sparked fresh hope.…
TENSIONS between Nigeria’s central and state governments have long been the fault lines of its federal system; it is like…
IN his book “The Power of Regrets”, Daniel Pink explores how retrospection can be a powerful tool for growth and…
THE Nigerian Senate, a crucial pillar of democracy, stands at a crossroads. Once a revered institution, the Senate finds itself…
ORGANISED crime in Nigeria is like a tap root with its grip firm and difficult to detach, all thanks to…
DO people follow titles, or do they follow courage? What role does integrity play in the essence of true leadership?…
BEFORE and since Nigeria gained independence, the quest for balanced regional development has been a persistent challenge. The vast disparities…
LIKE other liberal democracies, Nigeria’s democratic system thrives on the existence of a vibrant and functional opposition. However, the current…
DEMOCRACY thrives on transparency, accountability, and the rule of law. The legislature, as the guardian of democratic governance, plays a…
THE global race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy is swiftly redrawing the contours of economic and technological power, ushering in…
THE Israel-Palestine-Hamas conflict is one of the most enduring and complex disputes in modern history. Its roots lie in centuries…
THE stark reality of unavoidable price hikes has woven itself into the fabric of the average Nigeria’s daily existence, a…