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Election day in Nigeria arrives with promise. The streets hum with optimism, the queues stretch for miles, and citizens cast ballots believing in change
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I wake up on February 14, my birthday. Candles wait on a small cake, while the world explodes with hearts. Stories, posts, captions, declarations, all staged
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Democracies rarely die in one dramatic moment. More often, they are quietly redesigned—clause by clause—until citizens discover that elections still occur, but accountability no longer follows. Nigeria’s democracy is not being overthrown; it is being edited. Not with tanks on the streets, but with provisions in a bill. The most dangerous edits are the ones sold […]
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“The chameleon changes colour to match the earth. The earth does not change colour to match the chameleon”.- African proverb. Reports say Senate President Godswill Akpabio recently hit back at critics attempting to push the legislature away from its apparent direction regarding the 2027 elections. He is miffed by those who are either deliberately ignoring key […]
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When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria’s National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified as his priorities human asset development, poverty reduction and fighting insecurity. Last week, his official spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, appeared to forget or renounce that policy direction, when he acknowledged […]
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I pity Oshiomhole. At 73, our grandfathers had young wives. The culture of polygamy permitted them to keep a harem to cater to all their fantasies. They probably believed a touch of nubility was needed to soothe aging nerves and joints, especially when the gaze of the older wives had shifted to their grandchildren. But Western civilisation […]
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The Asoebi Boys were meant to be a chapter. Five govs bound by grievance, dressed in coordinated defiance, shaking the foundations of PDP
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By Cynthia Alo The Port and Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has handed over seized arms and ammunition to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), reaffirming its zero-tolerance stance against arms smuggling and unlawful trade. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Lagos, […]
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There is always something new out of Morocco. In 1988 Mauritanian referee, Idrissa Sarr was the story all over Nigeria following his questionable calls in the grand finale of the African Nations Cup between Nigeria and Cameroon. In 2026, Daniel Laryea of Ghana is the new Sarr. Laryea was at the centre when hosts, Red Atlas […]
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There are moments in a nation’s life when tragedy does more than wound bodies and break families. There are moments when tragedy strips a country naked, exposing the rot in its institutions, the poverty of its leadership culture, and the moral hollowness that has quietly become normal. The mass abduction of worshippers in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local […]
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