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Echoes of Trauma: Life on Hold — The waiting that changes us (Part 2)

By Lillian Okenwa No one notices the day waiting begins to change them. There is no alarm, no announcement, no obvious turning point. One day,...

WHEN CHILDREN GROW UP: THE HIDDEN COST OF UNDIAGNOSED DYSLEXIA

By Chinelo Ezigbo An employer once told me she had let a member of staff go years ago. There were mistakes, difficulty with written tasks,...

Senator Karimi crossed the river before the bridge collapsed

KARIMI G'OKE ODO, K'AFARA TO JA By Tunde Olusunle At the height of the ascendancy of *juju* music in the 1970s and 1980s, one very popular...

Memo to Northern Leaders: The Tale of Two Wheelbarrows And Why the Throne Is Not Saving Katsina

By Ike Abonyi I am particularly passionate about Northern Nigeria for many reasons. It's the region where I fully started my journalism career. Even though...

Beyond Khaki: Let Every State Dress Its Corps Members

By Dennis Mordi Nigeria is arguing again. This time, the argument is about cloth. The National Youth Service Corps, our 52-year-old bridge between university and nationhood,...

AKARA, KULI-KULI AND THE DIGNITY OF OUR MOTHERS’ LABOUR, DO NOT DISPARAGE

By Jonathan Ishaku These are days of politics. Uncertainty rules the waves. E ven words appear to have lost their ordinary meanings. We live in...

Echoes of Trauma: Life on Hold — The waiting that changes us (I)

By Lillian Okenwa Not all exhaustion comes from long hours or heavy labour. Some of it comes from carrying a future that never seems to...

Katsina terrorists went to Mecca

By Lasisi Olagunju “Boldness, be my friend. Arm me, audacity, from head to foot.” Some live by that Shakespearean creed. They say aloud what society...

UNBUNDLING THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN ELECTION CASES: A REVIEW OF PROF. MAGDALYN DURA’S INAUGURAL LECTURE

By Sabastine Abu In a democracy, elections are the bedrock of legitimate governance, yet the integrity of that foundation rests precariously on the mechanisms available...

Renewed Hope drowns in rising pain

By Marcel Mbamalu Mama Kemi now skips breakfast so that her children can eat lunch. Her tricycle-driver husband spends N7,000 daily on fuel that cost...

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