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This explains the central contradiction of this new non-tribal politics: the fact that almost without fail the cachet that these...

So much storm was generated by the defection of Femi Fani-Kayode from the PDP to the APC, a defection which...

President Buhari receives New APC Member Femi Fani-Kayode in State House on 16th Sep 2021 Femi Adeshina posted on Facebook...

Christians have one, two, many fears.  The fearful are determined to save their lives by themselves. Tell the Lord: “Make...

FILE PHOTO: Bandits The most worrisome angle to the banditry in Northern Nigeria is the new alliance between the bandits...

I am trying to wrap my head round the next country the U.S. will go to war with. I think...

“There is no Muslim who sends Salah (blessings) upon me, except that the angels send Salah (blessings) upon him until...

Indications are that the offensive against the bandits in Zamfara State is making some progress. Hundreds of them have been...

The unilateral decision of the FG to appropriate VAT beyond its residual administrative fees for the past 27 years must...

Taking a stand takes courage and demands the full strength of your convictions... When you decide what you are willing...

I was in no doubt that Osun State has a lot to celebrate, not simply because it emerged as a...

“We rushed into renewable energy without any thought. The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant. I personally can’t stand...

Symbolic gestures are particularly evident in Africa. Ndigbo or the South-Easterners, more than any other group, attach importance to symbolic...

...the recent ruling by the federal high court, which favoured the state as the level of government that should collect...

It is impossible not to be affected by contact with Lindsay Barrett, the poet, journalist, essayist, photographer, playwright, broadcaster and...

There is this ancient fable of the ant and grasshopper that best explains the Nigerian fiscal federalism duel. Rivers State...

The fearful believe that salvation is in the name of a compromise to integrity. Fear is an unpleasant feeling we...

Picture credit: © Alessandro Di Marco/EPA/Shutterstock Sadly, the whole idea of social responsibility that places an ethical obligation to try...

Africa is coup-prone. It started with the January 13, 1963 overthrow of Sylvanus Olympio. Sudan holds the record of 15...

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may...

In Guinea, the coup against Alpha Conde was organised by Lt-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who he had appointed as head of...

Soldiers in the West African country of Guinea overthrew the civilian government, while the continent was still savouring its Zambian...

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State stirred up a hornets’ nest when he called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation...

El-Rufai also said that the electronic voting machine made it impossible for voters to indulge in multiple voting, while equally...

Essentially, federalism is about which tier of government is doing or not doing what. Former Canadian Prime Minister, John Diefenbaker,...