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By MICHAEL OWHOKO For how long shall the rest of the country look on while Fulani ethnic militia trouble the peace of Nigeria? Why are Fulani terror groups spreading fear, causing pain and inflicting psychological trauma on Nigerians through deliberate, calculated and organised acts of kidnapping, torture, rape and killing? What exactly do they want, and […]
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By SOLA ENIKANOLAIYE In an era defined by geopolitical competition, trade wars, sanctions regimes, and shifting alliances, one phrase has migrated from European policy papers to the heart of African diplomacy: “Strategic Autonomy”. For Nigeria, this is not a new experiment in isolation, nor is it a nostalgic return to Cold War non-alignment. As I […]
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By LANRE OGUNDIPE One of the greatest disservices we can do to history is to allow it to become the exclusive property of those who once wielded power. History belongs not to presidents alone, but also to governors, legislators, judges, traditional rulers, party leaders, journalists and ordinary citizens who witnessed the events of their time. When competing […]
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That shift did not happen by accident. It happened in a context that Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, six months into her tenure as Chief Commissioner/Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), is deliberately constructing.
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By ANTHONY KILA Some institutions deserve our gratitude, even when they demand our courage to change them. The National Youth Service Corps is one of them. When the NYSC was established in 1973, Nigeria was emerging from the trauma of the civil war. The country needed more than roads and bridges; it needed trust. It needed […]
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By AISHA AGBEREBI Should the federal government allow states to police themselves? It is one of the oldest arguments in Nigeria’s constitutional history and one of the most urgent. At its simplest, state policing is territorial policing: a model common in federal systems, in which state governments raise, fund, and direct their own officers, separate from a […]
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By OBIAGELI EZEKWESILI The Tinubu administration’s renewed push for state police has reopened one of the most consequential public-policy debates in Nigeria’s democratic history. The proposal has gained momentum because it speaks directly to a painful reality confronting millions of Nigerians. The country’s security architecture is failing. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, violent extremism, communal conflicts, and organised […]
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By HANNATU MUSAWA On a Tuesday, 4th of June, 1996, around 3:05 pm, something unbelievable happened that shook the core of the struggle for democracy in Nigeria. Kudirat Abiola was gunned down as her car slowed down around 7-Up Depot/Bus Stop in Ikeja, Lagos State. She was instantly killed along with her chauffeur and assistant. Many […]
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After four years of anticipation laced with anxiety and speculations over political upheavals around the world, CHRISTIAN OKPARA reports that the 2026 World Cup is kicking off today as one of the most controversial in the recent history of the
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By Awaal Gata In his two-part Daily Trust series, Northern Lessons from The Fall of Nuhu Ribadu, the columnist Suleiman A. Suleiman could not have been more wrong. The central error of the essay is that it mistakes an appointment
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