By Ayo Onikoyi Nigerian drummer and musician Ara The Drummer has shared her perspective on intimacy, relationships, and personal boundaries, stating that sex goes beyond physical pleasure and involves a deeper level of connection. Speaking on the Under Her Skin Podcast, Ara said people often underestimate the significance of sexual intimacy and the access it […]

Since the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt judgement that upheld the Rivers State High Court ruling that nullified the APC Ward, local government, and state congresses, there have been comments by political pundits and stakeholders suggesting that APC party primaries conducted in the state by the National Working Committee (NWC)…

By Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili  The Tinubu administration’s renewed push for State Police has reopened one of the most consequential public policy debates in Nigeria’s democratic history. The proposal has gained momentum because it speaks directly to a painful reality confronting millions of Nigerians. The country’s security architecture is failing. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, violent extremism, communal […]

By Ayo Onikoyi In Ijebu-Ode this year, culture didn’t just show up – it moved. It moved through colour, through rhythm, through generations. It moved in the synchronized elegance of the regberegbe, in the confidence of tailored Aso-Oke, in the sound of drums echoing heritage into the present. At the centre of it all, Orijin […]

A closure of the world’s most strategic oil chokepoint would punish fuel importing economies across Sub-Saharan Africa but it could also force the continent to finance energy security through renewables, not rhetoric. Any prolonged disruption of the Strait of Hormuz would send an immediate shock through Africa’s economies. The waterway carried about 20 million barrels […]