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Despite every attempt to feign surprise and douse the outrage, this festival and its violence against women did not erupt overnight. If a fertility tradition had long gone cancerous, why wait for it to consume the community? The pictures told the story. Hordes of boys marched through the streets of Ozoro like packs of hyenas hunting for […]

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Iyke Amaechi’s sweet mother, by Emeka Obasi

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March 28, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Iyke Amaechi’s sweet mother, by Emeka Obasi

Prince Nico Mbarga did not meet one of his greatest fans, Nneoma Violet Iroagalachi Amaechi yet they had something in common. While the musician sang ‘Sweet Mother’, she danced to the track on a daily basis. And when the Methodist Church decided to honour Mama, the title was ‘Nneoma’, which means Good Mother. The lover […]

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Why true wellness demands feminism, by Tochi Okafor

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March 28, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Why true wellness demands feminism, by Tochi Okafor

In the same month we celebrated the global progress of women, the Nigerian woman took a visceral hit. The harrowing footage from the Ozoro festival in Delta State acted as a grim “return to reality”—a jagged reminder that for the Nigerian woman, freedom is often not an inherent right, but a precarious gift, granted or rescinded based […]

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March 28, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Mortal betrayal and hypocrisy in marriage, by Francis Ewherido

Trust is one of the major legal tenders of marriage. Take away trust from marriage and what is left is carcass. Hypocrisy is another major drawback in marriage. Both can cripple a marriage like a pack of cards. I am a reality TV person. Recently, I have been watching one programme on Facebook, The Honour. Some of […]

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March 28, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Sowing for another to reap, by Muyiwa Adetiba

“The saying is true. One man sows, another man reaps. I have sent you to reap that which you did not labor for” John 4: 37/38 When my parents decided to leave downtown Ilesha for a new development on the outskirts of town, a cousin living with us at the time whom I called ‘Uncle’ because of […]

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Obi’s transition from serious contender to Mascot, by Azu Ishiekwene

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March 27, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Obi’s transition from serious contender to Mascot, by Azu Ishiekwene

Friends, admirers, and the “Obidient” fanbase of the former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet “Okwute,” which in Igbo, Nigeria’s third-largest socio-linguistic group, means rock, boulder, or stone. Quite a nice alias – especially if you associate some doctrinal nuances of Obi’s faith with his first name, […]

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March 26, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

PDP’s shameful disservice to Nigeria, by Olu Fasan

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is comatose on a deathbed; it’s on life support. The doctors (INEC and the judiciary) are colluding to switch off the life-support machine. They believe the party needs euthanasia or assisted suicide. Yet, what’s really needed is to remove the external factors that interacted with PDP’s genetic predisposition to cause its […]

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March 25, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Politics and its disguises, by Rotimi Fasan

Nigerians spent last weekend celebrating Eid el Fitri. As is to be expected in these times of heightened political activities, ahead of the party primaries and the emergence of candidates for various positions in next year’s general election, Nigerian politicians, it is emerging, used the period to strategise for the battles ahead. Religious festivals, conferment of […]

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March 25, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Telecoms: Obasanjo will never see lack, by Okoh Aihe

It was not a moment of reminiscences or retrospection. Not even a recall. Just a normal telephone call. Two women were chatting away, with the one sitting not far away from me not really mindful whether anybody heard or not. It was her business; not another man’s business. But you know, people can really make calls, […]

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Beyond reaction: Rethinking security in Nigeria, by Dakuku Peterside

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March 24, 2026 nuus.ng reporters

Beyond reaction: Rethinking security in Nigeria, by Dakuku Peterside

On the evening of March 16, 2026, Maiduguri was once again forced to confront a familiar horror. Coordinated suicide bombings struck the Monday Market axis, the post office corridor, the entrance to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and the Kaleri area, killing and injuring ordinary people who had simply been trying to end the day […]

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