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By Sunny Igboanugo This Reuben Abati sef! What was he trying to say again this morning on Arise? After the 2023 presidential election, when Nigerians were bemoaning their fate as the courts were churning out one bizarre, funny and outlandish verdict after the

In a democratic setting where unity in diversity should be the bedrock of governance, it is tragic and alarming to witness what appears to be a systematic and unapologetic tribal takeover of Nigeria’s entire financial architecture under the current administration. President

I am not one of those who speak good or ill of people based on their relationship with me or because they are my tribesmen. I judge people based on what they do and how negatively I think such behaviours impact

By Fred Chukwuelobe In civilised climes theirs twist positively and in the right direction. Their leaders have visions and get into offices to implement them. If at any point they realise their vision is not working or that the people are not

By C. Don Adinuba On Tuesday, July 1, while travelling with him from Enugu to Aba, his phone kept on ringing endlessly. Typical of him, Bart Nnaji took every call and addressed each caller patiently, carefully, and politely. One call struck

By Arowolo Ayoola Abimbola PETER Obi continues to expose us, not by making noise, but simply by being himself. He has exhumed everything that’s wrong with us as citizens. We’ve become so conditioned to seeing power expressed through arrogance and showmanship

At the end of June 1960, 28-year-old Father Francis Anizoba Arinze defended his Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, presenting his dissertation on the topic, “Sacrifice in Ibo Religion as an Introduction to the Catechesis on

The Adamawa state government says recent reforms in its traditional and chieftaincy affairs are aimed at strengthening and modernising traditional institutions. The government had released a circular that announced that only persons from specific districts are eligible to serve on the

Why History Must Be Taught — And Remembered. They say those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. But in Nigeria, we’re not just forgetting — we’re sleepwalking into a repetition. Here’s a story you won’t find in your average

By Dr. Charles Obiajulu Ugwu Long before machines began to write, drive, predict, and “learn,” we had already ceded something precious. Not to algorithms, but to our assumptions. The most dangerous idea wasn’t that AI would overtake us. It was that