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Opinion

March 13, 2022

Africans and the Russia-Ukraine War

Since African governments have decided not to endow their own people with love, the rest of the world has chosen that Africans will not get the benefit of international law.

African Union plenary
March 13, 2022

Our animal farm as it was in the beginning

Whatever supports itself with a gun is an enemy.

Animal Farm
March 12, 2022

Reuben Abati’s revolt against Western broadcasting’s titular conventions

It takes an outsider to prod us to think outside the box to upend staid traditions, subvert taken-for-granted assumptions, and upturn settled, ossified, and faulty certainties.

Reuben Abati/Mary Chinda
March 10, 2022

APC putting everyone at risk by endangering itself

It’s hard to ignore the echoes of disarray from the APC tent or to pretend that when the rains fall, it would be APC’s problem alone.

Muhammadu Buhari, Mai Mala Buni and Bola Tinubu
March 7, 2022

My journalism journey and the place I stopped moving

No one knew I was coming home, so I was not surprised that no one was there to pick me up.

Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
March 6, 2022

Emir of Kano, Air Peace and with too many sovereigns

With this many sovereigns, folks may be forgiven for wondering whether Nigeria is capable of forging a country.

Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and Air Peace
March 5, 2022

Tinubu, Dogara and the prison and poison of religious politics

A Yohanna Audu or an Esther Ladi Jatau as president or vice president would do enormous good for the self-esteem and sense of belonging of millions of northern Christians.

March 2, 2022

2023: The ‘South-South’ Challenge

Buhari’s final test and legacy may be in the quality of the succession he emplaces for Nigeria.

Emefiele, Silva, Amaechi and Akpabio
February 28, 2022

To all African admirers of Putin the Great

As a former KGB agent, Putin was a student of history. To understand Vladimir Putin, we have to go back to 1682 to understand Peter the Great.

Vladimir Putin
February 27, 2022

Are Nigerians a people not worth counting?

Democracy may depend on numbers but Nigeria’s numbers are hardly good for democracy.

Nigerian masses