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Leading any entity requires more than ambition and opportunity. Nigeria must now rediscover the relevant values MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE Quagmire. When that word was first used in 1566, it simply meant a ground that couldn’t be trusted to support anything of sizable

By Mahfuz Mundadu Lasisi Olagunju’s Monday Lines, titled “Northern Nigeria will soon kill Nigeria,” is a powerful piece. It is angry, lyrical, wounded, and in several places painfully true. No honest Nigerian should deny the scale of banditry, insurgency, mass abductions, rural

Fr. Dr. Okhueleigbe Osemhantie Ãmos In any serious reconstruction of Nigeria’s democratic genealogy, particularly the protracted struggle that followed the annulment of the 12 June 1993 presidential election, intellectual honesty demands the inclusion of all categories of actors who sustained civic resistance

By Ikeddy ISIGUZO NIGERIANS are hungry. Nigerians are angry, insulted daily with tales of how the country is safe while evidence points to the contrary. Nigerians are unsafe. The issue is well beyond debates. The decline is evident. The perilous state of

THERE are photographs that capture a moment. And then there are photographs that escape their moment and begin a life of their own. In June 1985, a pair of green eyes appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine and stared into

By Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma (AI-KO) Today is a public holiday across Nigeria. Here in Lagos it’s all wet and raining. I doubt many people would venture out. And staying nome wouldn’t be fun either. Because there no light and this comes

Senator Ireti Kingibe has warned that the widespread practice of distributing food items and cash to citizens ahead of elections is a superficial fix that cannot address Nigeria’s deep-rooted socioeconomic challenges. ​The lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) made the assertion

There is a particular cruelty in the corruption of justice in our dear country and I write about it here as someone who has had the opportunity of reporting the judiciary. You see, when a thief steals bread, the hunger is visible and

By Fred Chukwuelobe, FNIPR. Nigeria recently entered into a prisoner transfer agreement with the Ethiopian government. The arrangement will facilitate the transfer of over 100 Nigerian inmates currently serving jail terms in Ethiopia, enabling them to complete their sentences in Nigeria. To

By Our Correspondent, Abuja For over a decade, Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) project has been a story of ambitious goals, stalled deadlines, and frustrated stakeholders. It has been a journey marked by false starts, technical complexities, and legal battles. But a