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All aspirants of political positions in the 2027 elections must read and digest this article. It’s a bombshell! ⁠ SHOCKWAVE: NEW TAX TRAP IMPLODES; HALF OF 2027 CANDIDATES FACE DISQUALIFICATION! Political Ambitions Collide with Fiscal […]

The death of Obafemi Awolowo on 9 May 1987 has long been presented as a simple medical event. The official narrative states that the sage of Ikenne died after suffering complications from a stroke at […]

These days, some of the new bragging rights in Nigeria is: “I have solar now.” “Just install solar.” I understand it, I really do. Solar has helped a lot of us escape the madness of […]

In recent years, a troubling cultural distortion has quietly taken root within segments of the Igbo diaspora, both within Nigeria and abroad. The practice of self-styled individuals assuming or being conferred the title of “Eze […]

These days, some of the new bragging rights in Nigeria is: “I have solar now.” “Just install solar.” I understand it, I really do. Solar has helped a lot of us escape the madness of […]

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 […]