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The Global Race for Critical Minerals, and Nigeria’s Criminalization of Artisanal Miners
Adeola Aderemi This is the thought that I have not been able to shake off: the brutal deaths of thirty-seven Nigerians while in state custody in Minna, Niger State, after
Urgency is Not Panic Olarenwaju Modupe
Right of Reply Adeola Akinremi’s “Joseph Tegbe’s Panic Response to Power Sector Reform” raises legitimate questions about the proposed national electricity complaints call centre. But using that single intervention to
Anambra’s Debts: Peter Obi and Danger of Single Story
Chike Anyaonu In her landmark 2009 TED Talk, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned of “the danger of a single story”. She argued that reducing complex realities to one-dimensional narrative
Benjamin Okezie Kalu: From Bende to The World
Sam Hart There is a certain kind of representation that begins at home but refuses to be confined by geography. It begins with a constituency, in this case, Bende Federal
Tinubu-Must-Go poll puts Atiku ahead of Obi, others for 2027
By Omeiza Ajayi An online poll organised by the Tinubu Must Go TMG movement, asking Nigerians who among the leading presidential candidates they would vote for in the 2027 presidential
Ida Jeng Njie: Africans Should Promote Continent’s Destinations
Director General of the Gambia Tourism Board, Mrs. Ida Jeng Njie, speaks about tourism in Africa, efforts to get more Nigerians visit Gambia for leisure, businesses, among others. Charles Ajunwa brings excerpts:
2027: I’ll lead Tinubu’s campaign team in FCT, Rivers — Wike
By Omeiza Ajayi Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has announced plans to inaugurate and personally lead the campaign machinery for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in
Niger Mining Tragedy: Why Nigeria’s Artisanal Mining Problem Is Really Financing Crisis
Saheed Ahmed The death of 37 people in Niger State should force Nigeria to confront a difficult truth about our mining industry: we cannot police our way out of an
Davido to Thrill Fans with ‘Oriade: The Residency’
Ferdinand Ekechukwu Barely two months after dropping his sixth studio album, Oriadé, superstar, Davido has announced a three-night festival taking place at the newly refurbished Lagos’ National Theatre in Iganmu,
Of Godfathers And Restless Godsons
Femi Akintunde-Johnson Aex Otti has said something in Abia that sounds almost subversive in Nigerian politics: “I don’t want to be a godfather.” More unusually, he says that after completing
