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Amid the escalating wave of Christian genocide that has gripped Nigeria in recent years, U.S. President Donald Trump on October 31, 2025, designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern...

“This is a sprawling slum with more than its fair share of brothels and shacks. This is no place to raise children at all!”, said Tamuno, as he drove through...

Penaultimate Monday was 20 October, the fifth anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre, aftermath of the #EndSARS youth protest in Lagos. Scores of young persons were reportedly killed, maimed,...

Last week, 7 October, the announcement was made of the exit of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, Chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2015 – 2025, and his replacement in...

Voter turnout is democracy’s vital sign, and ours has been fading. Since 2007, participation has fallen from 57 per cent to 26.7 per cent in 2023 — our lowest since...

Happy 65th Independence Anniversary, my compatriots. The Presidency has rightly decided to make it a low-key celebration. Indeed, beyond remaining a united entity and surviving another agonising year, what’s there...

The six-month suspension of the democratic system in Rivers State — and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension from the Senate — shows that freedom is not free. Not in Nigeria, and...

When the Federal Government of Nigeria announced in August 2025 that it had already surpassed its revenue target for the entire fiscal year, citizens might have expected a pause in...

Trust, ultimately, is rational. People do not trust because they are told to; they trust because systems behave predictably and fairly. Trust is the everyday currency of democratic life. When...

There can be no better political gift for the incumbent president and his ruling party. Seven years ago, in 2018, my good friend and former Dean of Law at the...