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Many men will never admit it publicly, but deep inside they stopped trusting their wives years ago. Something broke along the way:- betrayal, resentment, neglect, constant conflict, or simply years of feeling unappreciated. Yet they […]

Countries are taking various measures to cushion the effects of fuel price hikes on citizens. Here are some examples: •⁠ ⁠Subsidies and Price Controls: Countries like Algeria, Egypt, and Libya are maintaining subsidies to keep […]

Nepotism, cronyism, ethnicism, discrimination, marginalisation and disdain for merit have long become the hallmark of the Bola Tinubu presidency. At every turn, with each opportunity to exhibit statesmanship, Tinubu has fallen short. He has shown […]

Femi AKintunde-Johnson In March 2021, in the afterglow of the hijacked #EndSARS protests, we wrote that the slogan “Police is your friend” had become a national punchline. The violence of 2020 exposed not merely rogue […]

Remembering the Lagos-born guitarist whose friendship shaped the early musical journey of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti Early Life in Lagos Jimoh Kombi Braimah, popularly known as J.K. Braimah, was born in 1935 in Lagos. Growing […]

For three decades, he was away from his roots, engaged as an itinerant teacher at Oberlin, Cornell, Harvard, Cambridge, Berlin and Beijing. Everywhere he went, he left his mark, leaving his colleagues and students wondering […]

In the twilight of their lives, many senior citizens in South-West are resorting to alms soliciting as they face the grim reality of neglect, poverty, failed government policies and collapsing family support. This dangerous trend […]

When last Saturday, I arrived from Israel en route Jordan, I did not know that the entire Middle East had exploded in a conflagration of ‘Epic Fury,’ instantly becoming an intercontinental ballistic missile firing range. […]

Electronic voting technologies have been introduced in Nigeria to improve electoral effectiveness, mitigate fraud, and improve the trustworthiness of the electoral process. Systems such as biometric voter authentication devices and electronic result transmission platforms represent […]

Law and order do not begin at the police station or the courthouse; they begin at home, in the quiet corners where parents teach their children right from wrong. When this foundation cracks, society inherits […]

Taxation and fiscal reforms have historically triggered some of the most consequential soccial and political upheavals in human history. The French Revolution of 1789, for instance, was driven largely by aggressive tax enforcement amid severe […]

There are over 16 million Nigerians living abroad. Sixteen million. That is not a statistic. That is an army. And it is time to activate that power. The Nigerian diaspora is no longer a group […]

Let us stop pretending. Nigeria’s economic crisis is no longer about policy mistakes or reform pains. It is about official dishonesty — the deliberate promotion of a success story that millions of starving citizens know […]

The more you look the less you see. The more you think about it. Then you will go crazy. Nyesom Wike is here today in Abuja acting as a de facto president. Mind I remind […]

At Nigerian celebrations, money no longer changes hands; it changes meaning. Crisp naira notes are sprayed into the air, stepped on, gathered from the floor like confetti, and photographed for social media as proof that […]

Nigeria’s Federal Character principle, rooted firmly in the 1999 Constitution (as amended), was crafted as a kind of safety valve for a nation wrestling with deep divisions. The thinking behind it. Create room at the […]

With Mrs Christie Achebe,Chinuwa Achebes vivacious wife our English language teacher at MBHS, Mrs Anne Akpofure,Mrs Latunde Dada and a Young Miss Olowu ( Later Mrs Olagbemi ) looking out for the 2 of us […]

Every journalist wanted to meet Fela. It was like a journalistic requirement. A ritualistic rite of passage to announce your arrival. Or solidify it. You make up that excuse to seek for that interview. Of […]

It is not self hatred. It is unfulfilled promise. One of the most common observations about Nigerians, often made by outsiders and sometimes by Nigerians themselves—is this: Why do Nigerians criticize Nigeria so much? The […]