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Olu Fasan
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In The National Interest: UK launch exposes deep frustrations about Nigeria, by Olu Fasan

Last week, on October 7, the London School of Economics, LSE, hosted the UK launch of my book In The National Interest: The Road to Nigeria’s Political, Economic and Social Transformation. Two LSE faculties—the Department of International Relations and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa—collaborated to organise the book launch, which included a public lecture. […]

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When the people lie against the government, by Owei Lakemfa
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When the people lie against the government, by Owei Lakemfa

The day Nigeria turned sixty-six as an independent country, it marked it with fine speeches and assurances by its leaders. Both those in government and those outside competed. On that Thursday, October 1, 2026, twenty youth corpers set out in two buses from the comfort and safety of their homes to serve their country. But […]

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NYSC kidnap story: Burden of public trust, by Tonnie Iredia
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NYSC kidnap story: Burden of public trust, by Tonnie Iredia

Twenty (20) prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on their way to the Southeast for orientation and service year were kidnapped on October 1, 2026. Following their release some 6 days later, our traumatized country was greatly relieved. A report by the Imo state police command claimed that the corpers were rescued […]

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Growing old and growing up, by Muyiwa Adetiba

My Priest celebrated his birthday in church last Monday. As to be expected of most small churches, the congregation celebrated the day with him. The favorable and celebratory tone of the tribute by his Associate Priest was also to be expected. However, a line struck me during the tribute. A line that applies, not just […]

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And Tinubu Blinked, by Emmanuel Aziken
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And Tinubu Blinked, by Emmanuel Aziken

For too long, President Bola Tinubu and officials of his administration have celebrated the removal of petrol subsidy as perhaps the defining demonstration of his courage in governance. To his supporters, it was evidence of a president prepared to take decisions his predecessors could not fully implement. Among Tinubu’s four predecessors in the Fourth Republic […]

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Tinubu can’t handle insecurity: Why does he want another term? By Ugoji Egbujo
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Tinubu can’t handle insecurity: Why does he want another term? By Ugoji Egbujo

A nation that conscripts its graduates cannot lose them on a federal highway, allow exchange of ransom,  and call the aftermath a rescue. A few days ago, thirty prospective corps members left Oyo for the East. Twenty were taken near Owerri, on the Owerri–Onitsha road at Umunoha. Ten escaped. The local people who witnessed the […]

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The monetization of Discontent: Why happy marriages are unprofitable to big tech, by Stephany Shaakaa
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The monetization of Discontent: Why happy marriages are unprofitable to big tech, by Stephany Shaakaa

A person who feels secure in their home, anchored in their marriage and reasonably fulfilled by the ordinary work of partnership has less reason to spend hours searching for emotional stimulation elsewhere

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Tinubu and his incredible ministers, by Azu Ishiekwene
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Tinubu and his incredible ministers, by Azu Ishiekwene

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has failed to keep his promise to provide a constant electricity supply. He said at a business lunch in December 2022 that he shouldn’t be voted for a second term if he didn’t fix the electricity supply problem and end estimated billing in his first term. Although he modified that pledge […]

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Calypso: Enslaved African gift and its Mighty Sparrow, by Owei Lakemfa
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Calypso: Enslaved African gift and its Mighty Sparrow, by Owei Lakemfa

Slinger Francisco, better known as Mighty Sparrow, the “Calypso King of the World”, flew away on September 27, 2026. He was ninety. Calypso music was invented in the seventeenth century by African slaves in Trinidad who had mainly been taken from the Ibibio, Efik and Igbo peoples in present-day Nigeria and Congo. It is generally […]

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The president’s disappointing October 1 message, by Adekunle Adekoya
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The president’s disappointing October 1 message, by Adekunle Adekoya

NOT a few Nigerians, especially me, expected that there would be something to hold on to when the President made his speech commemorating our National Day, October 1, yesterday morning. As a newspaperman, I read the message more than three times, looking for that strand of a message that could give hope that at the […]

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