Hundreds of million for 90 minutes, peanuts for a lifetime of service, by Stephanie Shaakaa
*Nigeria’s Broken Scale of Value When the Super Falcons clinched their record-extending tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in July 2025, the Presidency rolled out the red carpet. The players received national honours, three-bedroom apartments in Abuja and the promise of the naira equivalent of $100,000 each. The financial rewards were eventually fulfilled in […]
Nigerians in uniforms, By Francis Ewherido
But truth be told, many VIOs are not there for the reasons they were employed.”Their presence for road nor pure most times.” They behave like an income generating agency for government and sometimes for themselves.
The beggar in many of us, by Muyiwa Adetiba
Dressed mostly in white, he stood apart from the rest. Unlike some others, his disability was obvious- a leg was amputated
Moroccan earthquake: A monumental disaster and a monarch’s parochial politics, By Owei Lakemfa
…the decision of Moroccan King Mohammed VI to reject almost all aid after the quake struck, based on claims of the need to maintain the country’s sovereignty and ensure “co-ordination”, is playing parochial politics and constitutes a crime against the quake victims.
From the mouth of His Lordship, Azu Ishiekwene
IT’s not often that you meet Supreme Court justices, serving or retired. I first met retired Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan casually at a reception in Abuja, for my friend and radical lawyer, Yinka Olumide-Fusika, who had been admitted to the inner bar. Then, we met again about one year later, this time, through his book. […]
Ending the anguish over NIN, By Adekunle Adekoya
The serial frustrations are what have created windows of opportunities for “third parties”. These third parties charge from N3,000 to N5,000 to “do NIN” for a willing customer. To modify records, staff at NIMC offices have been known to demand as much as N25,000, while third party operators demand as much as N40,000.
