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Ogbuefi Nneoma…. Ije Awele! ‘Mummy Ogbuefi’ was how I always greeted you when we talked on the phone or when I saw you. I have been accustomed to this all my life. You taught me all you could about our...

Nigeria and her people have gone through the last eight years plagued by various security challenges, including terrorism, armed banditry, kidnapping, separatist tendencies, crude oil theft and militancy. If anything, the impact of these criminalities, which scourged the Goodluck...

The General Election has come and gone, with mixed feelings as expected. Those who won are happy while those who lost are expectedly unhappy. I followed the event closely from the party primaries to the final declaration of winners...

The General Election has come and gone, with mixed feelings as expected. Those who won are happy while those who lost are expectedly unhappy. I followed the event closely from the party primaries to the final declaration of winners...

Political events in the country at the moment appear to be taking a dangerous and unpredictable turn, especially after the Department of State Services (DSS) formally confirmed speculations or what it believed to be a bombshell revelation surrounding our...

Ethnic profiling and xenophobia have been prominent issues in Nigeria for decades, with incidents of violence and discrimination against non-indigenes occurring frequently. In recent times, these issues have reached a heightened and downright worrying level, especially during the latest...

The 2023 Presidential Election in Nigeria highlighted deep ethnic and religious divisions. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared winner of the disputed election amid claims of electoral fraud aided by...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been heavily criticised for mishandling the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on February 25, 2023 nationwide. There are few times when such high-handed criticisms from many Nigerians, local...

Nigeria, with its burgeoning population of over 200 million people is at a critical juncture in its political history. As Africa’s largest democracy, its political decisions can have ripple effects throughout the continent. This and other domestic concerns, including...

As the controversy surrounding the naira redesign and the strict implementation of the new cashless policy of the present administration continues to cause anxiety and the February 25, 2023 date for the beginning of the general elections draws near,...