Echoes Of Venezuela: Nigeria Braces For Economic Turmoil – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
LAST week, I attended a birthday celebration hosted by a friend in the oil and gas sector, with guests deeply involved in Nigeria’s.
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Tax Reform Law: Cracks In The Code – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
A SOCIETY does not collapse only when guns are louder than laws. It also weakens when citizens begin to suspect that the text.
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Bandits, States, And The Dynamics Of Illicit Economies – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
SOME national tragedies do not happen all at once. They arrive quietly, until people start living in fear. Travelling becomes a risk. Farming.
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Beyond Boots On The Ground – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
NOT long ago, a well-worn phrase began to echo again in Nigeria’s public conversation: “We need more boots on the ground.” It is.
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Cynicism And The ‘Impregnable Wall’: Can Nigerians Rescue 2027? – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
AFTER every election in Nigeria—especially the contentious ones, a familiar chorus rises: “They will rig it.” “Nothing will change.” Following the recent off-cycle.
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Reversal Of Pardon List As Fruit Of Public Activism – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
PUBLIC activism is often dismissed as noise, hashtags that flare and fade, marches that make the evening news and then dissolve. But when.
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Justice As A Commodity – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
THERE are moments in a nation’s life when its people hear their own voices with unusual clarity. This is one such moment. In.
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Beneath The Surface – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
BENEATH the surface is where the true story is. What we notice headlines, viral videos, social media mention, quarterly results is just the.
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Saving Democracy: The Urgency Of Electoral Reforms – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
VOTER turnout is democracy’s vital sign, and ours has been fading. Since 2007, participation has fallen from 57% to 26.7% in 2023, our.
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Arase: Honouring The Impact Of A Police Reformer – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
THERE are moments when a country loses more than a person; it loses a compass. The passing of Dr Solomon E. Arase on.
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Chatham House And The Trust We Must Rebuild – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
TRUST is the everyday currency of democratic life. When it drains away, institutions may keep their names and seals, but they lose their.
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Remembering Nigeria’s Victims Of Terror – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
EVERY year on 21 August, the world pauses to honour victims of terrorism. In Nigeria, that pause is never a simple act of.
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The Pre 2027 Party Gold Rush – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
THE 2027 general elections are fast approaching, and Nigeria’s political landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation. New acronyms, and freshly minted party logos.
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Turning Brain Drain Into BRIDGES – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
ON a humid Monday morning in Abuja, the air buzzed with anticipation as Vice-President Kashim Shettima hailed “a deliberate and commendable effort to.
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New Wave Of Malnutrition And The Road To 2027 – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
AS political season begins in Nigeria ahead of the 2027 elections, we are beginning to see another round of promises, slogans, and declarations.
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What’s Going On With Education In Nigeria? – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
WALK into almost any public school in Nigeria, and you feel the weight of history pressing down on the desks. Much of the.
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Is The World Shutting Its Door To Nigeria? – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
FOR years, Nigerians have walked through the world with a quiet pride, knowing that their talent, resilience, and creativity were respected far beyond.
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What Can Nigeria Learn From China’s Electricity Revolution? – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
THE moment of revelation came unexpectedly on a high-speed train leaving Beijing, where a screen showed that 36% of the train’s traction power.
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Fear And Fragility: How Safe Are Nigerians? – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
WHEN dawn cracks open the Nigerian sky these days, the first breath many people take is heavy with questions that shouldn’t linger in.
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Israel-Iran Conflict: The Nigerian Connection – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
WHEN Israel launched Operation Rising Lion in the early hours of June 13, 2025, most Nigerians were asleep. The footage came in fragments—precision.