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Ratifying ‘monkey-counting’ party primaries? By Tonnie Iredia
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Ratifying ‘monkey-counting’ party primaries? By Tonnie Iredia

During the military government led by President Ibrahim Babangida, one citizen, Professor Jerry Gana stood out eloquently while canvassing the expedience of value re-orientation of every Nigerian. We all remember Gana’s sermon: If you are a cleaner, you clean well; if you are a teacher, you teach well etc urging everyone to be diligent in […]

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Again, South-West waits for terrorists to strike, by Rotimi Fasan
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Again, South-West waits for terrorists to strike, by Rotimi Fasan

When Nigerians celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha next Friday, it will be exactly two weeks since the terrorists, now identified as a faction of Boko Haram, ended the peace of two communities in Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota, both in Oriire LGA in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. There these terror artists abducted about fifty Nigerians, mostly school pupils, […]

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Telecoms, an industry in search of a modern policy, by Okoh Aihe

The gathering of stakeholders last week in Lagos to look at policy support for the telecommunications industry, suddenly communicated the painful reality that Nigeria has continued to operate the sector with a document of over two and a half decades, whose relevance has since been overwhelmed by the multiplicity of technological developments and nuanced growth in […]

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Africa Day 2026: Nigeria has obligations to Africans, by Owei Lakemfa
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Africa Day 2026: Nigeria has obligations to Africans, by Owei Lakemfa

Six days after the October 1, 1960 independence of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa stood before the United Nations, UN. The historical mission of Nigeria he said,  is to develop  Africa, the continent which gave birth to humanity and modern civilization.  The date was October 7, 1960 in the hallowed chambers of the […]

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Northern lessons from the fall of Nuhu Ribadu (II)
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Northern lessons from the fall of Nuhu Ribadu (II)

By Suleiman A. Suleiman In the first instalment of this series last week, I made three points. First, I argued, against the grain, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent creation of a parallel Special Adviser on “Homeland Security” is not an administrative or operational adjustment. It is, I said, a purely political move that signals […]

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How government betrays the military, by Dele Sobowale
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How government betrays the military, by Dele Sobowale

“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (Latin): Translation: “It is sweet and honourable to die for your country” – Horace, 65-8 B.C. “They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in the modern day, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You […]

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Desmond Elliot exposes Tinubu, by Emmanuel Aziken
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Desmond Elliot exposes Tinubu, by Emmanuel Aziken

The political troubles now trailing Lagos lawmaker and Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot, may appear on the surface like a local Surulere power tussle. But beneath the noise is a deeper revelation about the way President Bola Tinubu has managed his political empire for decades, particularly in Lagos, where his authority has rested on a careful balance […]

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From presidential candidate to running mate: Kwankwaso’s strategic calculations, by Olu Fasan

Lord Palmerston, a 19th-century British Prime Minister, famously coined the saying: “There are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests.” He was talking about relations between nations. However, Nigerian politicians have unashamedly hijacked the maxim to justify their utterly unprincipled,chameleonic behaviour. Nigeria is a country where politicians go to bed saying one thing and […]

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