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 […]
Nine years after Castro: Global hysteria and posthumous honour
By AMINU JAHUN For the Nigerian friends of Cuba, and the Nigerian diplomatic community, September 18, 2025 was a special day. On that date, all Abuja highways led to Monaliza Event Centre, to honour the invitation of Comrade Miriam Morales Palmero, the Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, to commemorate the centenary of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz. Former […]
Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Why words, support matter more than you think
By Ola Taiwo ONE in four pregnancies ends in loss, yet grieving parents are often silenced by stigma and clichés. Awareness begins with the words we choose and with the support we give. Every October, the world pauses to mark Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time to reflect and extend compassion to families […]
As Abuja court affirms right to safe abortion for sexual violence survivors
For far too long, survivors of rape and incest in Nigeria have faced significant challenges, second trauma: being forced by law and stigma to carry unwanted pregnancies.
Travails of small businesses
By NICK DAZANG In 2003, on the watch of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the World Values Survey declared Nigeria as home to the world’s happiest people. By 2024, however, Nigeria had plummeted from this endearing and shimmering position to 104 in the happiness index. In spite of this precipitous plunge to the nadir of happiness – […]
The battle for online free speech: Activists, algorithms or authority?
By SHUAIB AGAKA At this year’s annual Economic Confidential Lecture, Kashifu Inuwa, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, called for an inclusive, citizen-centred legal framework to combat cyber attack, online bullying. He emphasized the urgent need for accountability and rights protection in the country’s digital space. Although Inuwa didn’t specify the […]
