Nigeria

Ahmed Yahaya-Joe “My grandfather was a Northerner. I am a Nigerian.” – Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, 14th & 16th Emir of Kano (2009) Back in 1977, the Sultan of Sokoto, …

Abdullahi Yakubu Muhammad Football is more than Nigeria’s most popular sport; it is one of the few institutions that consistently unites people across ethnic, religious, political, and regional divides. From …

Ahmed Yahaya-Joe “Necessity is what impels men to take action, and once necessity is gone, only rot and decay are left.” – Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) Will history be …

Rekpene Bassey For years, Nigeria’s anti-corruption conversation revolved around one enduring political claim: that the late President Muhammadu Buhari represented the country’s most determined assault on official graft. The former …

Rekpene Bassey It took 56 days longer than expected. Perhaps due its delicate nature. But even so, the eventual successful rescue of the abducted Oriire students and teachers announced by …

The Arbiter Hassan Gimba This piece was first published in May 2022. It remains as pertinent today as it was then, given the worsening insecurity currently facing the country. In …

Former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has expressed concern over Nigeria’s socio-economic decline, blaming poor leadership, corruption, weak infrastructure and unemployment …

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Tuesday called on the Federal Government and relevant stakeholders to prioritize the enactment of a comprehensive whistleblower protection law that meets international standards and best …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the federal government of Nigeria to introduce new taxes on telecommunications services and fuel products as part of measures to increase revenue and …

Rekpene Bassey President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s third anniversary May 29 address was not merely a commemorative speech. It was an argument about suffering. More precisely, it was an attempt to …