Rehabilitating terrorists or delivering justice? By Ejiro Ofoye
For more than a decade, Nigerians have buried their loved ones, watched entire communities reduced to rubble, witnessed schools destroyed, churches and mosques attacked, soldiers ambushed, and millions displaced by the brutality of terrorism. Thousands of families are still searching for justice, while countless victims continue to live with physical and emotional scars that may never […]
Can we quench the fire that might start in Mali? By Azu Ishiekwene
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States, AES, to resist external pressure from ECOWAS on military rule – have just won the biggest diplomatic jackpot beyond their wildest imagination. Not even a sorcerer would have guessed that, as a reward for their delinquency, this trio would […]
Nozomi Ikuta: From US concentration camp legacy to freedom, by Owei Lakemfa
Liam Conejo Ramos, five, a preschooler at Colombia Heights Public School, Minnesota, returned home on January 20, 2026. He might have looked forward to the warm embrace of his mother, but in the drive way of his home, United States, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, agents captured him and his father, Adrian. The family had […]
As terrorists gradually take over Nigeria…, by Adekunle Adekoya
What initially began as isolated incidents after the death of Mohammed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram after his death in July 2009 later balooned into full-scale insurgency with which we have struggled to no end for 16 years. Then, the insurgents were trying to establish control over ungoverned spaces in parts of Borno State […]
Gale of defections: Why should anyone vote in Nigerian elections? By Olu Fasan
By the end of this year, or even earlier, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, may control 30 or more of Nigeria’s 36 state governors. Currently, the party has 29 state governors in its fold. Of these 29, only 21 are APC governors by election, the others are APC governors by defection. The gale […]
As Uma Eleazu rebuilds the ramparts of Nigeria’s democracy, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
In the past decade, I developed a habit: whenever Nigeria confuses me as it often does, I visit one of the country’s elder statesmen to help me get a handle on otherwise senseless situations. No protocols. All I do is visit, most times unannounced. The cathartic experience from such discussions is always profound. Sadly, many […]
