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Reframing Nigeria’s Banditry Crisis: From Emotional Narratives to Strategic Clarity
Nigeria is once again trapped in a familiar and dangerous cycle: confronting a grave national security threat through emotionally charged...
The Self-immolation of Nyesom Wike
One of the most intriguing volumes of poetry written by the globally respected poet, scholar, essayist and dramatist, Niyi Osundare...
A Defining Moment for Nigeria: Why Staying the Course Matters
As we enter a new year, the questions that fill our markets, our homes, and our places of work are...
Do Not Suspend Nigeria’s Tax Act 2025: Enforce It, Fix It, and Let It Work
Suspension sounds like caution. In reality, it is a decision with a price tag: it prolongs uncertainty, rewards misinformation, and...
Sexual Desire Must Be Governed by Discipline and Moral Responsibility
Recently, an issue about a husband impregnating his housemaid has taken to the social media platforms, drawing fierce and...
How Would Nigeria Be Without Dangote?
Sometimes, God sends help to a nation not through politics, but through people. What would Nigeria be without Dangote? That...
Does Hausaphone Social Media Warrant “Serious” Study?
It seems I am the star of the moment! In November 2025 I granted a talk-in to Hausa Viral and...
Sam Nda-Isaiah: Five Years On We Still Remember
Sam Nda-Isaiah: Adieu, My Mentor December 15, 2020 The first time I read his article in the late 1990’s on...
A Necessary Question: Who Really Broke the Arewa Compact?
The constant various calls for a detribalized, irreligious Arewa leadership are noble and emotionally appealing. Yet if we are serious...
Kaduna Electric’s Unjust Charges
After five days of agonising, unexplained darkness, power has finally been restored to the residents of Badikko community in...