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In the matter of INEC Amendment Bill, Let the wishes of the people prevail

By Senator Bassey Ewa Henshaw “Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide In the strife of truth with falsehood For the good or...

El-Rufai Puts Ribadu on Trial

By Frank Tietie A man who is neither drunk nor high on drugs, but in his clear and sane mind, goes on a prime-time show...

El-Rufai: Tinubu’s angry kingmaker

By Lasisi Olagunju Alhaji Shehu Shagari first met General Murtala Mohammed in August 1974. Newly appointed Federal Commissioner for Communications, Murtala, wrote a memo for...

On Muslim Groups’ Call For Replacement of INEC Chairman Over Neutrality Concerns

By Mohammed Mubarak Alabi The call by the Supreme Council for Shari’a in Nigeria for the removal of the National Chairman of the Independent National...

If There Was No Christian Genocide, There Was Never Sheik Abubakar Abdullahi; We Cannot Mourn a Hero While Denying the Crime That Made Him...

By Jonathan Ishaku When the Nigerian government publicly mourned the death of Imam Abubakar Abdullahi in January 2026, it did so with language that was...

Nigeria’s Defence Reboot: How Minister Musa Is Charting New Security Course

By Sabastine Abu In a significant departure from previous approaches, Nigeria's Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd), is spearheading a comprehensive, multi-dimensional strategy aimed...

Senate Electoral Bill, Threat to Nigeria’s Democracy

By Sabastine Abu In a move that has ignited nationwide fury and cast a long shadow over the credibility of the 2027 elections, Nigeria's 10th...

Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa

By Ademola Oshodi West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem, and coercive...

Implications of Shari’ah Council Threat Against INEC Chairman And Nigeria’s Democracy

By Sabastine Abu A recent demand by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) for the removal of INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan, backed...

Coup Plot Saga: The Defence Headquarters Contradiction

By Mohammed Mubarak Alabi There are moments in a nation’s life when the contradictions of those in power become so glaring that silence is no...

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