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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has again stepped into the eye of the storm, not so much for what he said as for what his words now represent in a country increasingly impatient with the language of power. His latest assertion he is praying that insurgency in Nigeria will end in 2026 has reopened a familiar debate: the […]
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The rumour mill has continued to churn over the conspicuous absence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from several high-profile commissioning ceremonies during his recent visit to Lagos. What should ordinarily have been a triumphant return to his political base, the very platform that launched him to national power, has instead opened the floodgates of speculation. Observers have […]
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The decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to return the majority of its national officers at its convention through consensus may, on the surface, appear to reflect unity and internal cohesion. However, beneath that carefully curated image lies a troubling contraction of democratic space within the party, it is one that raises fundamental questions about the […]
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Ekiti South: Adaramodu vs Olujimi A political clash is imminent in Ekiti South Senatorial District. Two veterans and grassroots mobilisers are locked in battle over the All Progressives Congress (APC)
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ABUJA — It looks like a victory for democracy, but civil society groups are calling it a “Trojan Horse.” The
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ABUJA — The Nigerian Senate has entered a crucial closed-door session to finalize the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill
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ABUJA — Just when state governors and local councils are aggressively lobbying for a larger slice of the national cake
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ABUJA — Exactly fifty years ago today, on February 3, 1976, the late Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, stepped
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There are moments in a nation’s life when tragedy does more than wound bodies and break families. There are moments when tragedy strips a country naked, exposing the rot in its institutions, the poverty of its leadership culture, and the moral hollowness that has quietly become normal. The mass abduction of worshippers in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local […]
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