Opinion

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On forced marriages and conversions

Another time bomb is ticking. As usual, we are all standing akimbo. Those who feel outraged have resorted to social media mobilisation and hate vendin

Deliberate grooming: Why Niger will continue to produce the best writers in Nigeria

BM Dzukogi just stood there.  He wanted this visit.  He wanted every visit, but this was the guest he wanted now.  Dzukogi didn’t

Countering violent extremism narratives

To many of us regular people what on earth could be the reason why some people would choose to become violent extremists even at the cost of their liv

From Kaduna Mafia to Caliphate

These days you see sporadic mentions of it in the newspapers and the social media but thirty to forty years ago, the term ‘Kaduna Mafia’ w

Ibe Kachikwu’s seven big wins

Even as Nigeria is trying very hard to diversify its economy so that agriculture, mining and SMEs can form some of its other main pillars, the oil and