Africa’s Counter-terrorism Landscape: Reflecting on President Trump’s policies
By Oluremi Olatunde & Ndubueze Nwosu The African continent has faced persistent challenges in addressing the complex and multifaceted issue of terrorism. As nations on...
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Udoma: Reflections at 70
By Sam Akpe It was a delicious surprise when I woke up yesterday to discover that Senator Udoma Udo Udoma had turned a princely 70...
Soludo: when the gods are not to blame
By Jude Ndukwe Recently, the Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo through his Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Mr Tonycollins Nwabunwanne, announced...
Back After Kashim Shettima Sent Us ‘Packing’
By Stanley Nkwocha The mood at the Vice President’s wing of the Presidential Villa on Friday December 22, 2023, was different from what it used...
Going, Going…National Assembly For Sale!
By Ike Abonyi “In this country, when anybody–government officials, legislators, labour unions, and others– tell you that the action they are taking is in the...
Malawi’s path to an ‘award-winning judiciary’
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Joyce Banda, Malawi’s fourth (and first female) president, was in Nigeria earlier this month as guest of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University...
A nation mired in self-deceit
By Oseloka H. Obaze Impunity, duplicity and deceit are negative attributes of personal character. When these are wittingly contrived to become attributes of our national...
A Nation of Idiots
By Tola Adeniyi We are all damned stupid. Stupendously stupid. Stupid to the point of stupor. Stinking stupid swine. That’s what we all are. Not...
Hailers and Wailers: Who are more patriotic?
By Hassan Gimba This article was first published in December 2017, repeated in August 2018 and September 2020. With change being the only constant in...
Secrets of judicial corruption and anti-corruption in Nigeria
By Emmanuel Ogebe While it is a given that there is corruption in the judiciary, as in any other sector of the country including religious...