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Beneath the Surface By Dakuku Peterside There are moments when statistics stop being numbers; they become warnings. Nigeria is in such a moment. Its debt profile is no longer a

EXPRESSO BY STEVE OSUJI Trouble Sleep, Yanga Wake Am: President Tinubu and the ruling APC seem to be  playing with fire. As one wrote this, Fela’s immortal lines keep playing

By Olusegun Adeniyi With Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State invoking ‘Operation Wet ẹ’ at the Ibadan gathering of the ‘Participating Opposition Parties in Nigeria’ (we can also help them by adding

By Olusegun Adeniyi The Owode Onirin saga is one that should trouble every Nigerian who still believes in the possibility of justice, especially for the ordinary citizens. On 27th August

PAT UTOMI I was genuinely thrilled to read Sunday Dare’s response to my recent commentary on the management of the economy. Setting aside a regrettable touch of incivility, his engagement

Bayo Onanuga Some Nigerians and armchair analysts are often quick to criticise the Federal Government for perceived shortcomings in security, highlighting isolated incidents such as kidnappings, improvised explosive devices, suicide

 Tunde Rahman  It was President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural meeting with the leaders and coordinators of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, the main vehicle for his 2027 re-election campaign. Held on Thursday

Obinna Chima The conflict that sparked across the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran, killing the country’s supreme leader on February 28, is

By Olusegun Adeniyi We gathered in Enugu last Thursday for the 5th Year Memorial and 4th Annual Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma Impact and Legacy Lecture. The lecture was delivered by former Nigerian

REUBEN ABATI It is now 46 days since the war between US/Israel and Iran began in the Middle East on February 28, throwing the entire world into a fit, in