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Okuama: When Political Blame Ignores the Constitution, Fuels Blackmail

By Ufuoma Egbe The tragedy of Okuama has left deep wounds. Families have lost loved ones, a community has suffered devastation, and several Okuama leaders have remained in detention for an agonising period. Their plight deserves justice, compassion and sustained public attention. But precisely because the tragedy is so painful, it must not become an […]
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When Governance Becomes Theatre: The tragedy of Nigeria’s diplomatic decline

By Elder Abraham Amah There are moments in a nation’s political life when governance begins to resemble theatre, when official actions raise more questions than answers, and when even the most patient citizen is forced to pause and wonder what direction the country is truly heading. The recent decision by the Nigerian Government to train 50 […]

Adefarati @ 60: Empowering communities and sustaining a legacy of service in Akoko 

By Adeniyi Femi Hon Adegboyega Adefarati’s sixtieth birthday was not a moment for extravagance but another expression of his belief that leadership is defined by service rather than spectacle. To mark the milestone, the Akoko South West and Akoko South East lawmaker distributed laptops to fifty youths and offered one hundred thousand naira each to one […]

Between Kumuyi and a daring Pakistani woman

By BANJI OJEWALE The 1978 book, I dared to call Him Father, by Bilquis Sheikh, sacked the staid and sacral stance of the slumbering world with its contribution to the generational interaction between Muslims and Christians. Bilquis was an aristocratic Pakistani Muslim whose conversion to Christianity plunged her into a whirlwind of rebellion, rejection and ridicule […]

15 Percent Tariff: Thank you, Mr President

By ROTIMI MATTHEW Mr President, your decision to suspend the 15 per cent tariff on petrol and diesel is more than a policy pause. It is a historic moment. It signals that, for the first time in 26 years of our democracy, a Nigerian President has chosen the people over monopoly. You have shown that leadership […]

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