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President Tinubu, take it easy

The matter I have to convey to you is so compelling enough that I do not have the luxury of observing protocols. From the above title, Mr. President,

Centralising Nigeria’s land and minerals: A quiet shift with dangerous undercurrents

Without fanfare or broad public debate, the federal government has quietly transferred the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGoF) fr

Benue’s House of Cards, the rise and fall of a speaker in 48 hours

In the span of just 48 hours, Benue’s House of Assembly pulled off what rare political spectacles often only dream of. A Speaker out, a suspended memb

African Security: Nigeria Leads from the Front

In a statement on 21 January 2025 at the end of its 9842nd meeting, the United Nation Security Council (UNSC), through the Deputy Secretary-General, D

The neem trees of Maiduguri (II)

It was by a quirk of fate that neem trees came to Borno and spread to the rest of Nigeria. It is this much that was related by Musa Daggash, a first-g