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Aishat Raji enchants the tennis court. Not from electric chants or thunderous applause, but from the sheer astonishment of her being. Just 14, she saunters into the Games arena shorn of symmetry but with the sovereign gift of a single right hand that swings like a poet’s plume. Raji is Continue Reading

“As President, I reaffirm this administration’s steadfast dedication to the welfare and empowerment of the Nigeria Police Force. A secure Nigeria is vital for our collective prosperity, and this vision begins with ensuring that our police force is well-equipped, well-trained, and well-motivated. We are resolute in our commitment to police Continue Reading

The scourge of killings in Nigeria has reached alarming proportions, with various factors contributing to this menace. One of the most pressing concerns is the clash between herdsmen and farmers, which has been ongoing for years, resulting in significant loss of life and displacement of people. This issue is complex, Continue Reading

The Judgment that Shook a Nation: Hope Uzodinma & APC v Emeka Ihedioha, PDP, & INEC The Supreme Court’s decision in Hope Uzodinma & Anor v Emeka Ihedioha & 2 Ors (2020) LPELR-50260(SC), which arose from the contentious 2019 Imo State governorship election, became one of Nigeria’s most controversial electoral Continue Reading

Nigeria’s heightening problem of insecurity, which recently made a devastating land fall in Abuja, the country’s federal capital territory is pushing Africa’s most populous country down the rough slope to state failure. For more than a decade since 2010, Nigeria has rapidly degenerated into a country at war with itself Continue Reading

There’s no question that whatever happens in Kano often has implications for the way Nigeria’s unending game of thrones play out. Five years ago when then Governor Abdullahi Ganduje dethroned Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir, he thought he had consigned him to history’s dustbin. He probably expected the ruling All Continue Reading

Success is not by our thinking, our wish, our personal opinion, or selfish aggrandisement. It is destined and accompanied by good attitudes of honesty, gratitude, commitment, perseverance, sacrifice, endurance, selflessness, and determination. – Sule Lamido. Sir: When elections are approaching, political activities hasten. There has been speculation that Sule Lamido Continue Reading

Mismanagement is a word deliberately misapplied by nefarious Nigerians to cover up deliberate fiscal failures and the premeditated financial operational calculated chaos aka systemic corruption when a Nigerian politician or appointee of a government, state or LGA in a Ministry, Department or Agency, MDA, or preferable Ministry, Agency or Department, Continue Reading

My family and I join millions of Nigerians in extending our warmest birthday wishes to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a formidable political strategist of our time, as he turns 73. This particular birthday holds unique significance, as it coincides with the conclusion of Ramadan and the observance of Christian Lenten Continue Reading

Here in Anyaa, Accra, capital of Ghana, I’ve come across some of the country’s leading newspapers. Their contents—news reports, opinions, vox pop, book reviews, cartoons, (dearth of these), sports, photo stories, advertorials etc.—give me a larger-than-life image of the Ghanaian society. The two oldest journals, Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times, Continue Reading