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When the Manchester City v AC Bournemouth match ended in a 1-1 draw on Tuesday night, giving Arsenal an irretrievable...

Britain stands at a moment when frustration can either deepen democratic maturity or embolden grievance merchants. The choice the parties...

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INEC Chair, Professor Joash Amupitan. The numerous calls for his resignation by different groups, including opposition parties and civil society,...

If the Latin phrase, “status quo ante bellum”, does not kill the ADC, it will make it stronger and better...

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Peter Obi ...this Obi is a Peter of Clay – malleable, confused, and lacking in staying power. He’s drifting, mistaking...

The optics across Nigeria point broadly at a singular outcome in next year’s general elections – a victory lap for...

Nigerian Police After decades of wear and tear, the police force, as presently constituted, is more like a uniformed agency,...

While Africa is out of earshot of the ongoing bombings and explosions in America’s war on behalf of Israel, the...

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai My mother used to warn me that the words of my mouth could claim...

Collis’s book is a personal encounter. It is part social observation, part memoir, and part travelogue – a journey through...

Mali Disregard for democratic values that might have concerned the US in a former life is no longer an issue....

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Russian President Vladmir Putin. If Trump believes that he can grab Greenland and plant the US flag in Nuuk, whether...

“Nigeria awoke on Saturday (15 January) morning in total confusion,” de St. Jorre wrote. “In three major cities (Lagos, Ibadan...

"I forecast that by 29 May or earlier, the president will replace ministers, especially those who have since outlived their...

I hope your experience has been different this Christmas, and that despite chaotic flight delays, you still managed to hear...

The Nigerian godfathers of oil rent, to paraphrase Yergin, are putting up fierce resistance against the new dynamics that Dangote’s entry is...

Sam Nda Isaiah Sam lives on in another realm, the realm of words, where he made his most tremendous impact....

On 26 November, a military regime led by General Horta Inta-A deposed the elected government of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo....

Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. US complicity in Libya and its lukewarmness about support for Nigeria under President Barack Obama...