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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu’s recent interventions in South Africa, Ethiopia and Ghana offer a timely illustration of a foreign policy that places citizens at its centre. In an age when diplomacy is often measured by summit photographs and policy statements, her approach reminds us that its primary purpose should be the […]
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The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, and its uninterrupted flow is essential to global stability. Every day, approximately 21 million barrels of crude oil—roughly 21 per cent of global petroleum consumption—pass through this narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. To nickname it a “special international waterway” and treat it as […]
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The renewed push by the Federal Government to end open grazing and activate the so-called 470 gazetted grazing reserves is a deeply troubling return to a policy that has already generated fierce controversy, failed to win public confidence, and proved impossible to implement smoothly in the past. Nigerians were told for years that open grazing […]
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On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 7:43 a.m. a private jet departed Lagos bound for Asaba Airport in Delta State. What should have been a routine thirty-minute flight instead became a horrible aviation misadventure exposing how recklessness could endanger thousands. The aircraft attempted landing at Asaba but missed the runway, triggering a “missed approach” procedure. […]
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The declaration by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that Nigerian airlines operate under some of the harshest conditions in the world should serve as a wake-up call to policy makers. It confirms what domestic airline operators have complained about for years: that running an airline business in Nigeria is far more difficult than it […]
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Today, Friday 12th of June 2026, marks the 33rd anniversary of the historic “June 12” phenomenon of Nigerian democracy. On that day in 1993, Nigerians elected a new president under General Ibrahim Babangida’s decreed two-party system. The parties on the presidential ballot were the Social Democratic Party (SDP), with Chief Moshood Abiola as the candidate, […]
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