How NSA Ribadu’s Washington engagement is yielding results for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism effort
Public debate on Nigeria’s security crisis is often loud, partisan and incomplete. Behind that noise, a quieter process has been taking shape in 2026: a structured United States–Nigeria security partnership, led on the Nigerian side by National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and Defence Minister General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), and anchored in Washington through […]
What is wrong with our governors?
By Sunny Ikhioya Despite the statistics that they are churning out on a daily basis, it will be very difficult to write a positive report about this government because of the colossal waste of resources that is ongoing. The bandits and terrorists are destroying our land, the farmers are being driven out of their farms, […]
Are Schools Still Schooling?: Nigerian education and the 21st Century needs
Schools in the 21st century must provide the kind of education that helps students think critically, act creatively, and survive in a changing world
Michael Oyedokun and beheading of mathematics
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA The history of mathematics is inseparable from the history of human civilisation. What began as practical tools for counting livestock, measuring land, and recording trade gradually evolved into a universal language of logic, reasoning, geometry, and calculus. Across centuries, contributions from Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, Greece, and the Islamic Golden Age shaped its development […]
Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf resetting governance in the North
By Abdulmalik Suleiman Since assuming office, Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has embarked on a deliberate drive to reset governance in the North, with a focus on people centered policies, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and security. His administration declared a state of emergency on education, reopened schools, recruited thousands of teachers, and launched scholarship […]
12 years after Chibok, are Nigerian children safer?
By Princess Olufemi-Kayode Twelve years after the Chibok schoolgirls were taken from their dormitories, Nigeria is still asking the same painful question: are our children any safer? It is a question that should trouble every parent, teacher, policymaker and citizen. On April 14, 2014, 276 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Their […]
