As soon as news spread about airstrikes in Iran, some Nigerians took to the streets in protest. In Kano, Sokoto, Niger, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, and Kaduna, protesters carried portraits, flags,…
From May 29, 2015, the very moment Bala Mohammed stepped down as Minister for the FCT, he was on the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It…
Incredible elections are won and lost in the dead of night, long after voters who stood guarding their votes are fast asleep. That is, for contestants relying on the dark…
There’s a photograph making rounds on Nigerian social media that perfectly captures everything wrong with how wealth works in this country. It shows Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra recently brought up the inability of successive governments to invest in post-civil war reconstruction, at a forum of southeast governors. The Federal Government, he said,…
Makoko clings to the edge of Lagos Lagoon like a prayer whispered over water. For more than a century, this fishing community has been home to the Egun people –…
Atiku Abubakar has long reached retirement age. In fact, it has been more than three decades since he retired from the Nigerian Customs Service, diving straight into politics, and contesting…
It’s official. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has parted ways with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his longtime mentor, boss and political godfather. This comes after 30 years of mentorship in the Kwankwaso…
A 30-Year-Long Political Contest It now seems like a century ago when President Bola Tinubu uttered the words emi lokan in the lead up to the 2023 presidential election. It…
It is therefore disturbing that instead of honouring the terms of his bail and submitting himself to lawful investigation, Mr. Malami has chosen the path of public sympathy-seeking, insinuations, and…