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Wike-Backed PDP to hold NEC meeting amidst fresh crisis

Wike-Backed PDP to hold NEC meeting amidst fresh crisis

Barring any last minute change of plans, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction backed by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike ...

NDLEA intercepts cocaine in food flasks

NDLEA intercepts cocaine in food flasks

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in the false bottoms of food fla ...

Nigeria: Poverty of statistics and statistics of poverty

Nigeria: Poverty of statistics and statistics of poverty

These days, I have been engaged in an animated discourse on the Tinubu administration’s economic reform programme. Most of my interlocutors rightly po ...

Danger of easy answers: Rethinking how we explain violence

Danger of easy answers: Rethinking how we explain violence

In the aftermath of violence, there is always a strong urge to make sense of what has happened. Communities are grieving, tensions are high, and peopl ...

Democracy loses its meaning without opposition

Democracy loses its meaning without opposition

The trajectory of Nigeria’s democracy in recent weeks has been anything but reassuring. A pattern is emerging, and it is one that suggests a calculate ...