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Being responsible when being irresponsible seems convenient is not always easy. Integrity may cost you an opportunity, honesty may make...

Peter Obi and Nyesom Wike. Tinubu’s political journey illustrates the importance of building these layers over a long period. Wike’s...

Our future is not about the boundary of unity enforced but about a holding space for the creative work of...

The first truth every believer must embrace is this: You cannot rise to a higher level in life without fighting...

Nigeria’s political parties can tell us who will coordinate their campaigns, mobilise their supporters and deliver their strongholds. They owe...

If we can pinch a lesson from the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974, Mohammed Ali was fighting a man...

Chief Justice of Nigeria Kekere-Ekun At the beginning of the new judicial year last month, Chief Justice, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun pleaded...

Ultimately, a short-term allowance should be weighed against the more lasting alternatives available: a sustainable wage framework, targeted cash transfers...

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele What to make of the new draft economic framework...

My eyes are misty as I write this. I have spent the better part of the morning listening repeatedly to...

A territory can register alarming scores across multiple indicators and still leave a fundamental question unanswered: are the forces undermining...

God specialises in the everlasting. Jeremiah had a bone to pick with God. He asked: “Why does the way of...

The ongoing mass protests in France were ignited and led by students. They are the segment of society to which...

Major breakthroughs in artificial intelligence are beginning to look less like product launches and more like weapons tests. The technologies...

For Nigeria, this raises a fundamental policy concern, which is my burning question for this edition. Why should Nigerian universities...

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. All praise belongs to Allah, the Owner of absolute...

Malam Ibrahim Muazzam The book, The Quest for Philosophical Understanding: Essays in Honour of Malam Ibrahim Muazzam has 23 chapters...

Late Dr Stella Adadevoh The most expensive thing in Nigeria is not petrol, not food or medicines, not even cement....

Charles Colson, in his important book, "The God of Stones and Spiders," recounts the story of Armando Valladares, a Cuban...

In my last article I called Nyesom Wike the El-Terrible of Nigerian politics. In this article I want to make...

This win by Lula is another milestone towards the emerging African civilisation that Afrilition enlightens. A world of purposefully building...

Thinking, it would seem, is not one of the talents God gifted the Nigerian politician; you apparently do not need...

Ultimately, Nigerians will likely gauge this oil boom not by Brent crude prices, but by the results it delivers: reduced...

Ahead of Nigeria’s general elections in January and February 2027, Africa Confidential warns that “turnout in the elections is likely...

President Bola Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: @officialABAT) ...If major opposition figures (Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso, Adebayo, or a broader coalition platform) successfully...