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Opinion

July 13, 2023

Nigeria’s foreign policy would be persuasive under Bola Tinubu

While Nigeria retakes its place as the lodestar of Africa, it must evolve and not stay fastened to the old ways of “big-brother diplomacy.”

President Bola Tinubu
July 11, 2023

Mmesoma-JAMB saga, quota system in unity schools and certificate forgery by Nigerian leaders

While Mmesoma’s mistake can never excuse criminal behaviour, it does serve as a wake-up call for educational reforms.

Mmesoma Ejikeme and Bola Tinubu
July 10, 2023

Europe’s balancing act on African migration, economy and human rights

Africa needs to turn more of its raw materials into complex products that the EU will be willing to buy in order to have a fair deal.

European Union
July 9, 2023

Why South-East should abandon call for Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom

It is important to pursue peace. But it is more important to pursue it from the bearings of strength.

Nnamdi Kanu
July 8, 2023

Three lessons from the ethnicisation of the JAMB controversy

Never make judgements solely on the basis of surface impressions.

Jamb logo and Mmesoma Ejikeme
July 6, 2023

Mmesoma: What really happened?

How did we get here? As in many things dumb and useless, politicians have managed to lead the way to the collapse of values.

JAMB REGISTRAR PROF ISHAQ OLOYEDE and MMESOMA EJIKEME
July 1, 2023

Subsidy removal as elite banditry, reverse Robin Hoodism

No society that brazenly starves and robs its poor to enrich its rich should expect to make progress or enjoy peace.

Bola Tinubu and Nigerian masses
June 30, 2023

Sokoto lynching and Jesus’ trial for blasphemy

When patterns repeat themselves, they become a tradition and we get desensitised.

Governor Ahmed Aliyu (Photo credit: Vanguard)
June 29, 2023

Titan and migrants; two tragedies, different stories

The wall-to-wall coverage of the implosion of The Titan and the short shrift that the deaths of over 500 migrants received…reecho the Shakespearean line about beggars.

Titan submersible and Migrant boat
June 25, 2023

Abuja’s history, special status buttress 25% electoral threshold to be president

To unravel the ‘and FCT’ constitutional conundrum, one must know what the military had in mind when they decided to set up a special Federal Capital Territory.

Peter Obi, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.