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2027: You must play according to rules, Jonathan warns politicians
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri As campaigns for the 2027 general elections heat up, former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned politicians to play according to the rules, saying it would be wrong
Ondo Methanol Deaths: Questions Over Regulatory Accountability
Duro Ikhazuagbe The recent methanol poisoning outbreak in Ondo has raised questions over regulatory enforcement, 11 years after a similar tragedy struck Irele and Odigbo. The National Agency for Food
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
