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It is an established maxim of English constitutional history that the British Empire was acquired in a fit of absence of mind. The Nigerian state, it appears, is currently being…
It would appear there is no limit to the odium Nigerians will suffer at the hands of the administration of President Bola Tinubu, because just when the regime seems to…
In the grand, chaotic theater of Nigerian politics, power is often measured not by the longevity of one’s ideals, but by the volume of currency; both literal and metaphoric, that…
With barely seven months remaining before Nigeria’s next general election, the architectural plans for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election are becoming flagrantly obvious. It is a strategy that relies less on…
President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day address was an exercise in a peculiar form of political optimism: the sort that flourishes most luxuriantly when reality is at its bleakest. One almost…
Every nation eventually confronts defining moments when history demands not hesitation, but courage. Nigeria has arrived at such a moment. Across the country today, fear has become an unwelcome companion…
Nearly three weeks have passed since 39 schoolchildren and eight of their teachers were abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Three weeks of rain, hunger, fear, and…
Nigeria has endured military juntas, oil shocks, and the occasional bout of democratic brigandage. What it has rarely endured, at least not with such consistency, is a government so exquisitely…
Nigeria has many problems. A shortage of public holidays is not among them. The latest example came when the federal government declared two public holidays for Eid-el-Kabir. Not one day.…
Few responsibilities are more fundamental to government than the protection of life and property. On that measure, Nigeria’s security crisis has graduated from a chronic embarrassment into an existential scandal.…