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The heartbreaking murder of Malam Bashar Sani, a senior administrator at the College of Education, Maru, is yet another grim reminder of the tragedy consuming Northern Nigeria. Despite paying more than N25.7 million in ransom—alongside motorcycles, phones and airtime—to secure the release of his abducted family members over several years, he was eventually killed by the […]

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By SUNNY IKHIOYA Nigerians have developed an ‘I don’t care ‘ attitude towards governance. You can call it apathy, but do you blame them? They have waited with indifference for the actualisation of the renewed hope agenda. Some of us have become incurable pessimists who do not believe anything good can come out of our […]

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In every democracy, the strength of the system is measured not by the comfort of those in power but by the freedom allowed to those outside it. The opposition is not an inconvenience to democracy; it is its oxygen. When the space for opposition begins to shrink, democracy itself begins to suffocate. Recent legislative actions by […]

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By OLUSEGUN RASAQ Banks, mobile money operators, international money transfer operators and other financial institutions in Nigeria are required to deploy automated anti-money laundering, AML, systems under new baseline standards issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The CBN under its Governor, Olayemi Cardoso has strengthened financial crime detection and compliance mechanisms across the sector. […]

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By AUSTIN AIGBE Electoral laws are the backbone of democratic governance. They define the rules of political competition, shape institutional accountability, and ultimately determine whether elections reflect the will of the people. The Electoral Act 2026, which repeals the Electoral Act 2022, is a major legislative milestone. It introduces a revised framework to regulate federal, state and […]

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By JUDE OBIOHA  Diplomacy often speaks in symbols long before it speaks in policy. The state visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom, at the invitation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, is one such symbol, and a powerful one at that. Scheduled for tomorrow, March 17, the visit marks the first time […]

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By OKEY NWUKE  Family businesses have long been the backbone of economies worldwide, from the likes of Dangote of the Dangote Group to the Waltons of Walmart superstores and the Mom-and-Pop family businesses that dot Nigerian towns and cities. They combine heritage, vision and long-term stewardship in ways that their non-family-owned counterparts often struggle to match. Yet, […]

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How I wish it was him that was interviewed by Mehdi Hassan of Al Jazeera and not the young and inexperienced Daniel Bwala because he would have not only humbled Hassan but also done Nigeria proud. 

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