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By VICTOR-BANDELE DADA Systemic instability in political economy is primarily a product of cognitive failure rather than inherent moral turpitude. By distinguishing between “unenlightened” (short-horizon) and “enlightened” (long-horizon) self-interest, agents frequently undermine their own long-term utility through a failure to account for systemic interdependencies.  Drawing on Socratic philosophy, Smithian economics, and modern Game Theory, this paper […]

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By WALE EDUN As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Prime Minister Keir Starmer met at 10 Downing Street to discuss the future of our two countries, I felt a quiet but unmistakable sense of pride. What I witnessed was not the old posture of a junior partner seeking favour. It was two leaders and two teams […]

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By Fred Chukwuelobe Imagine, for a moment, that there was no airline called Air Peace. Imagine that one man didn’t dare to conquer the skies.   Imagine thousands of Nigerians travelling to Abuja, Owerri, Enugu, Benin, Port Harcourt, Kano and several other destinations, forced onto long, dangerous highways. Imagine students stranded by prohibitive airfares, with nowhere to turn. […]

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By EBUKA UKOH Nigeria is ranked 106th on the Global Happiness Index. Noteworthy too is that Nigeria, over the years, dropped all the way from 102nd to another position before settling at 106th. At the same time, Nigeria stands among the world’s most terror-affected countries, with violence claiming lives at an alarming pace. In recent months, […]

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By Murjanatu Abba Digital platforms are no longer just communication tools; they are becoming the primary environment where African cultural memory is preserved, interpreted and contested. As younger generations migrate from communal spaces to algorithm-driven networks, the question is no longer whether storytelling will survive, but who controls its form and meaning. In many African homes, […]

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By Boluwatife Daniel-Adebayo Over the years, Independent filmmakers have had limited access to well established distribution channels into theatre without the backing of major studios. With the new age brings a different approach to how independent filmmakers can distribute their films. In the digital age of film distribution, distribution channels into theatre for films have […]

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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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