OPINION

By Ike Abonyi Regardless of who is in charge—whether it’s Prof. Mahmud Yakubu or Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN—the Independent National Electoral Commission…

Maitatsine was the nickname of Muhammadu Marwa (c. 1920s–1980), a radical Islamic preacher whose extremist movement violently challenged Nigeria’s religious, political, and…

By Valentine Obienyem I often write about religion, and by its very nature, it is a subject on which I am frequently…

Alhaji Aliko Dangote (left), with Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Steve Osuji The Battle Of Megalomaniacs: Why does everyone seem to…

By Danjuma Katsina The year 2025 ushered in a new literary style that is unlike any other year in Nigeria’s history. Just…

By Sodeeq Atanda A father of two from Ebonyi State, Isaiah Chukwueme, was said to have been extrajudicially killed by operatives of…

Distinguished members of the press, leaders of civil society, my learned colleagues at the Bar, comrades in the human-rights movement, ladies and…

By Paul Ejime After the unpopular decision by ECOWAS leaders, who recommended “a short transition programme” in response to the military coup…

Barr. Emeka Emekesiri Emeka Emekesiri is the Chairman of the Movement for Biafrans in Nigeria (MOBIN). Worried by what the Minister of…

By Okechukwu Nwanguma, Executive Director, RULAAC Nigeria’s policing crisis is often discussed in terms of brutality, torture, and unlawful killings. Less discussed,…