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    Nigeria cannot solve its food crisis with old banking models

    The problem is not a lack of entrepreneurial ambition or productive capacity. It reflects a mismatch between traditional banking models and farming realities.

    The democracy of those outside the room

    Politicians denounce the monopolisation of power when they are outside the loci of power and defend monopolisation when they become beneficiaries of it.

    Uba Sani takes Kaduna peace model to next level

    This is precisely what Governor Uba Sani’s administration has executed with these 4,050 artisans. This is not mere charity. It is the strategic demarketing of violence.

    Azu Ishiekwene: Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III: A sultan for all seasons 

    Sultan Abubakar III is, if you like, a moderate social crusader, which is somewhat ironic, given that he is from Sokoto, often regarded as the bastion of conservatism.

    The peace treaty of the Thieves’ Guild

    Nigeria does not need another ceremony in which politicians promise not to behave badly.

    Africa

    Kashim Shettima

    Shettima returns to Nigeria after AU summit in Angola

    Mr Shettima represented President Bola Tinubu at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).

    Diaspora

    UK residents mark Notting Hill Carnival’s 60th anniversary amid hundreds of arrests

    The Met Police disclosed that 243 people were arrested on Sunday, during the carnival, for alleged drug possession, assaults, sexual offences and weapon possession.