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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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A Nation at the Edge: When justice fails, and citizens bear the burden

By Prof. Mannixs E. Paul When truth finally breaks through in a broken system, it does not always bring relief; it often brings disbelief. Ordinary citizens struggle to accept it, not because the facts are unclear, but because the reality is too heavy: a system that was meant to protect them has quietly turned against […]

Can Atiku-Obi unseat Tinubu-Shettima in 2027?

By YUSHAU SHUAIB Nigeria’s political landscape is gradually heating up ahead of the 2027 general elections. Yet, beyond permutations of power, recent personal encounters have exposed a deeper concern about how dangerously our national discourse is drifting toward divisive narratives of religion and ethnicity. Recently, I confronted a disturbing social media post by a purported Northern […]

Party conventions, democracy and rule of law

By TUNDE RAHMAN The dust may not have fully settled on the conventions of what is gradually emerging as the three main political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress, African Democratic Congress and Peoples Democratic Party, gearing up for the fast-approaching 2027 elections.  Yet, somehow, the unfolding fallouts of those conventions remind me of […]

The Sequencing Dilemma: Why a raw cashew ban could undermine Nigeria’s industrial ambitions

By Unekwuojo Augustine Edime   Nigeria is currently revisiting the possibility of restricting or banning the export of raw cashew nuts to accelerate domestic processing. While the goal of industrialization is legitimate, policy must be grounded in economic reality rather than aspiration alone. Industrialization cannot succeed if trade is restricted before domestic processing capacity is ready […]

Reflecting on the Vanguard Awards of excellence and credibility

By EJIRO OFOYE There are newspapers, and then there are institutions. In Nigeria’s crowded media space, few publications have sustained credibility, influence, and emotional connection with readers across generations. Vanguard Newspaper stands firmly in that rare category—an enduring voice that has not only reported events but shaped national conversations. For me, this relationship is deeply personal. I […]

What $1.2bn settlement reveals about leadership, financial accountability

Tomi Aderibigbe In global business, leadership is often measured not just by growth or scale, but by hoaxw financial responsibilities are ultimately fulfilled. At a time when large corporate settlements frequently result in partial recoveries and prolonged negotiations, the conclusion of a high-value financial matter involving Nitin J. Sandesara offers a notably different perspective—one centred […]

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