Stephaniee Shaakaa
Why the Nigerian man has become a global Romantic Fascination, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The internet has developed a remarkable appetite for intercultural romance, and one figure keeps appearing in the conversation. The Nigerian man. Across social media, women describe Nigerian men with a
You’re not my mom, by Stephanie Shaakaa
(Part 1) The phrase usually arrives in the heat of an argument, thrown across a dining table or shouted from a bedroom doorway: “You’re not my mom.” To the stepmother
From Atiku’s spokesmen to Tinubu’s spokesmen – yesterday, Atiku; today, Tinubu; tomorrow, who knows?, by Stephanie Shaakaa
A microphone has no permanent owner. The man holding it today may well be holding it for somebody else tomorrow. Segun Showunmi has given Nigerians another reason to examine the
The Judases of Democracy: How political elites undermine voter’s mandate, by Stephanie Shaakaa
What is the point of voting for an opposition party if the people elected under its banner eventually help the president they opposed to secure another term? Nigerians have reason
An open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Gboko, 24 September 2026 Mr. President, I am writing to you from Gboko, where government is not experienced through communiqués or presidential briefings. People meet government when they go to
Why does opposition look less ready than they were in 2023?, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The Nigerian opposition has spent four years talking about the need to unite. It has held meetings, explored coalitions, changed political platforms and produced new alignments. Yet, with the January
Who owns the road to Yelewata? by Stephanie Shaakaa
In 2025, the visit was stopped before it began. In 2026, it reached the gate and still could not get through. Peter Obi has now been turned back from Benue
Marriage that no longer has to survive, by Stephanie Shaakaa
There was a time when marriage was not something you left simply because it had become difficult. You entered it knowing that money would sometimes be scarce, affection would sometimes
Are women in Tinubu’s cabinet exercising power?, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Nigeria has a peculiar way of remembering power. We remember the men who speak loudly, the men who appear beside the President at important ceremonies, the men whose names travel
Spectacle of Sacrifice: Who truly owns spoils of Nigeria’s fuel subsidy autopsy?, by Stephanie Shaakaa
When the presidential fiat dissolved decades of petroleum consumption support, it was sold to the public not merely as a policy adjustment, but as an act of economic radicalism, a
