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Opinion

March 25, 2023

An overview of our failings on subnational elections

Our shortcomings at every turn have a way of costing us at every turn immediately after.

Ballot box
March 23, 2023

Louis Odion: The matter of ‘Capacity’

Since he insists that he is just 50, I’ll have to accept. But by my reckoning, which of course is not just a number, he has gifts far, far beyond his years!

Louis Odion
March 21, 2023

As Bayo Onanuga joins the league of genocide champions in Nigeria

Those who intend to perpetuate genocide begin by finding ways, using laws and customs, to deny rights to the group they intend to slaughter.

Bayo Onanuga and isi agu cap
March 19, 2023

National unity, prejudices and the consequence of anger

It is dangerous and unacceptable to profile any Nigerian citizen for whatever reason.

Nigerian masses
March 19, 2023

As Nigeria’s judges get set to begin voting

How Nigeria’s Supreme Court decides ongoing petitions over the controversial 2023 presidential election will matter.

Supreme Court Judges
March 18, 2023

Similarities between Nigerian and American regional divide

In many significant respects, the American South reminds me of Northern Nigeria (with a few obvious exceptions) while the American North reminds me of the Nigerian South.

Nigerian and U.S. maps
March 16, 2023

INEC server and other election day stories

The worst thing voters can do on Saturday is to surrender by staying away.

YAKUBU AND MELAYE PROTESTING AT THE NATIONAL COLLATION CENTRE
March 16, 2023

China-brokered Saudi-Iran deal could hurt Israel, Uighurs

The idea of a bipolar or multipolar world where one can balance the power of the other seems good only on paper.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping
March 16, 2023

Key factors that decided Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election

The suggestion that one needed at least 25 per cent in the FCT to meet the constitutional requirement to be declared president shouldn’t even feature in the conversation.

Polling unit
March 15, 2023

Flutterwave secures two additional licenses in Rwanda: Electronic Money Issuer, Remittance Licenses

Flutterwave’s new Electronic Money Issuer license allows the company to acquire all types of payment instruments in Rwanda.

Flutterwave