An open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by Stephanie Shaakaa
There is a difference between being informed about Nigeria and being physically present in the country whose problems you are being briefed about.
The Empty Desk: A national shame we can no longer ignore, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Every civilisation is ultimately remembered not by the monuments it built or the wealth it accumulated, but by the value it placed on its most vulnerable
Architect of the Impossible: How Cristiano Ronaldo made self-creation believable, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The final whistle did more than bring another match to its conclusion. It closed an argument that had endured for almost a quarter of a century, an argument that was never really about football but about the possibilities of a human life. For twenty-three extraordinary years, Cristiano Ronaldo invited the world to watch an experiment […]
The second birth: Of fathers who scarcely knew their children, mothers whose absence defined memories!, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Fear has a way of exposing truths that comfort usually conceals. A child who wakes in the middle of the night after a nightmare does not think about bloodlines, surnames or family trees. In that suspended moment between terror and relief, there is only one question that matters: who is coming? The answer to that question is […]
48-door feast: Why Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup failure hurts most, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The tragedy is not that FIFA expanded the World Cup and Nigeria still found no place within it. The deeper tragedy is that one of those places was waiting for us all along
Democracy’s weakest moment is when it stops, by Stephanie Shaakaa
What happens when democracy begins to distrust the people in whose name it exists? Every democracy begins with an act of faith.
