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Police brutality: He-of-the-springy-steps

By CHETA NWANZE Two events I came across yesterday captured the state of Nigeria’s police-public relations with unsettling clarity. In Port Harcourt, angry youths blocked Agip Road to protest the killing of Anthony Obodo, a 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate murdered by a police officer. The youths’ anger is not hard to understand. The […]
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Julius Pondi’s 156 Flaws of Representation

By Enewaridideke Ekanpou The day of Pentecost is not a prerogative of Christians.Dr. Julius Gbabojor Pondi has just had his day of political Pentecost. No one knew there would be a Pentecost for Dr. Pondi, not even Pondi’s accredited Campaign Organisation headed by Togo Oruebi, the indefatigable digital Director-General. Rather historically, on 20 April 2026, […]

Tompolo and the echoes of Amaseikumor Festival 

By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU  April is a special month in the life of Ijaw people in any part of the world. It is special because April is the herald of the famous Amaseikumor Masquerade Festival in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The heraldic designation of April is occasioned by the yearly […]

If Nigeria borrows for development, let Nigerians see why

By Philip Obazee “Public debt is incurred in the name of the people. Public debt is serviced from resources that belong to the people. Public debt constrains future policy choices available to the people. Therefore, public debt must be explained to the people.” The Demand for Intelligibility Perhaps the most useful thing the Nigerian government […]

FG, Mutfwang set to reclaim Plateau as Nigeria’s tourism pride

In a bold push to rewrite Nigeria’s tourism story, Governor Caleb Mutfwang has teamed up with Minister of Tourism, Hannatu Musa Musawa to project Plateau State as the undeniable face of Nigeria’s beauty on the global stage.The renewed drive followed the signing of a high-impact Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, […]

Insecurity: Need for emergency intervention fund for Nigeria Police

By MATTHEW IBADIN This is an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I will start by thanking him for appointing one of Nigeria’s finest police officers, Tunji Disu, as the new Inspector General of Police. In one respect, this open letter is to help the new IGP to carry out a radical transformation of the […]

What JAMB candidates’ abduction says about Nigeria

By EBUKA UKOH A nation does not prove its strength in speeches. But the safety it guarantees to its children speaks volumes. As I struggled to come to terms with the news of the abduction of students travelling to sit the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in Benue State, I watched interviews of survivors, […]

Between law and life: The grey realities of abortion in Nigeria

By ALU AZEGE In Nigeria today, a woman’s uterus is both a site of life and a battleground of law. The recent debate in the Senate over a bill proposing harsher penalties for abortion re-ignited a familiar national anxiety. Yet, in the midst of the tension, something important happened: the Senate demonstrated courage by stepping back […]

Do you have books or PDFs?

Reading lists have become mere rituals on the course outline. Students now buy books only when there is an implication. People’s libraries are now on their computers

Democracy or Deal-Making? The Nasarawa Question

By Abiola Kudehin The unfolding political drama in Nasarawa State ahead of the 2027 elections is beginning to reveal a deeper, more complex story, one that goes beyond party endorsements and internal disagreements within the All Progressives Congress (APC). At the surface, the disagreement appears straightforward. Governor Abdullahi Sule has openly endorsed Senator Aliyu Wadada […]

Victims of fraud: A case for justice and accountability

By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA Fraud stands as one of the most pervasive yet often underacknowledged crimes in contemporary society. Unlike violent offences that leave visible marks and generate immediate public outcry, fraud operates in shadows of deception, slowly eroding and corroding the financial security and psychological well-being of its victims. From advance-fee schemes that prey on desperate […]

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