Nigeria’s unique political campaigns, by Tonnie Iredia
To strengthen the growing trend of dialogue over disputes and wars, the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the 1970s as the decade of communication. The expectation was that every country would endeavour to become a communicating nation. Not many have successfully embraced the appeal till today because everyone has adopted a haphazard […]
Tinubu’s misery ‘relief’ plans: A blatant electioneering ploy, by Olu Fasan
Economic reforms are universally measured by their impacts on the living standards of ordinary citizens, but President Bola Tinubu judges his reforms by macro-economic statistics that have absolutely no bearing on the wellbeing of ordinary Nigerians. More than three years after their introduction, Tinubu’s economic reforms have had devastating social consequences, deepening poverty, hunger and […]
Thaddeus Ojokoh: Freedom at last, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
When they were discharged and acquitted on Friday, October 23, 2026, Thaddeus Ojokoh and Damian Ibeh – held hands and shed tears of joy, having come back, literally, from the dead. Two men yoked together in adversity, they echoed the “Free at last, free at last, great God almighty, we are free at last” chant […]
Speaking past the doubts: Working through imposter feelings in professional life, by Ruth Oji
In almost every organization and academic institution, there exists a quiet, widespread phenomenon. Highly accomplished engineers, seasoned project managers, respected educators, energetic technology founders, and dedicated postgraduate scholars sit in conference rooms and lecture halls harboring the same secret fear: What if everyone realizes I don’t know what I’m doing? This internal experience—often termed imposter […]
Igbo youth rebuff of Nigerian Army (II), by Ochereome Nnanna
How did the Igbo nation, in about 70 years, move from dominating the officer grades of the Nigerian Army to being begged to fill their quotas today? The simple answer is that the Nigerian armed and security forces have been the primary kinetic instrument used by colonial Britain and its willing vassal post-colonial Nigerian state […]
We’ve come a long way from the one-party state lament, by Rotimi Fasan
It’s been just a matter of weeks since the political temperature of this country was constantly raised by claims that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) was bent on making Nigeria a one-party state. We were inundated with stories, not proofs, that the opposition parties were not being allowed to thrive, even when what was […]
