Opinion

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Liberation in Discourse: Nigeria @ 59, China @ 70

Tomorrow Nigeria marks 59th anniversary as a sovereign and independent country. For almost a century Nigeria and Nigerians suffocated under the heels

Ahmadu Shehu: The nomad turned Ph.D.

This week, I write to celebrate my friend and brother, Ahmadu Shehu, on the successful completion of his Ph.D. from Poland’s University of Warsaw. I k

Northern governors and festering insecurity

Apart from the twin evils of excruciating poverty and mass illiteracy, rising insecurity remains a serious social problem across towns, communities an

The changing civic space of anti-corruption

Like many Nigerians, I have often wondered if it is possible to fight corruption in Nigeria; or make any meaningful impact on anticorruption; whether

Humour amid hardship

Amid the ongoing free-for-all debate over the viability or otherwise of the Buhari administration’s economic recovery policies, and the worsening econ