By Emeka Alex Duru Every fleeting arrangement throws up phony characters that in unrestrained excitement, tend to the extreme. In their frenzy, the upstarts do not differentiate the sacred from the profane. Everything is rather brought into the mix. That was the major challenge of the Warrant Chief administration in some parts of Igbo land, particularly the […]

By Arabinrin Aderonke When I received the notification that I have been added to the Media and Publicity Committee of the forthcoming national convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, I felt a deep sense of honour and responsibility. Beyond the excitement, it offered a moment to reflect on the weight of the assignment and […]

The heartbreaking murder of Malam Bashar Sani, a senior administrator at the College of Education, Maru, is yet another grim reminder of the tragedy consuming Northern Nigeria. Despite paying more than N25.7 million in ransom—alongside motorcycles, phones and airtime—to secure the release of his abducted family members over several years, he was eventually killed by the […]

By Tunji Olaopa One of the opening pedagogical directions in any political science or political philosophy beginning classes is to make a comparison between being a politician and being a political scientist. The teacher then asks the students how both can explicate our understanding of what it means to be political from their different endeavors. […]

Democracy does not thrive on unanimity. It thrives on contestation, scrutiny, and the constant testing of power by opposing voices

By SUNNY IKHIOYA Nigerians have developed an ‘I don’t care ‘ attitude towards governance. You can call it apathy, but do you blame them? They have waited with indifference for the actualisation of the renewed hope agenda. Some of us have become incurable pessimists who do not believe anything good can come out of our […]

Over the past year, China’s economy has advanced steadily despite challenges. The GDP reached a new level, growing by 5 percent year-on-yea

In every democracy, the strength of the system is measured not by the comfort of those in power but by the freedom allowed to those outside it. The opposition is not an inconvenience to democracy; it is its oxygen. When the space for opposition begins to shrink, democracy itself begins to suffocate. Recent legislative actions by […]

Digital platforms are no longer just communication tools; they are becoming the primary environment where African cultural memory is preserved, interpreted and contested

The question is whether we will use our tools to build systems that respect the humans using them, or systems that process people efficiently while leaving them anxious