Every nation eventually reaches a point where silence stops being prudence and becomes complicity. There are moments when patience can no longer disguise decay, when restraint begins to look like indi...
Nigeria’s democratic question is often wrongly framed as if democracy is a foreign garment that we must keep adjusting until it fits our body. We speak of Westminster, Washington, Athens, Paris and ev...
When Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo assumed office as Governor of Anambra State in 2022, he arrived in Awka bearing an intimidating resume and a trailer-load of goodwill. Many Nigerians, especially...
The tragic death of Major General Abubakar Rabe in the hands of bandits is not merely another security incident. It is a mirror held up to northern Nigeria, reflecting a painful reality that many woul...
Few situations test the integrity of human relationships more severely than the necessity of refusal. To deny a request from a friend or family member is to step onto morally treacherous ground, where...
By Prince Charles Dickson PhD A monk once offered a piece of wisdom that may contain one of the most accurate diagnoses of Nigeria’s condition: “Imagine being bitten by a snake and, instead...
The lessons from the party primaries season is that democracy and ethical political behavior have been deleted from the Nigerian political system. INEC had imposed a narrow timeline insisting all prim...
Amazing experience, my brother, count yourself lucky to have been in Al Shifa hospital. What amazes me most is the fact that despite the gravity of your sickness, you were able to note the details of ...
As oyinbo people take like black things, Black Maria, blackmail, black angels, black coffee, black market and Black Friday, the Black man still proudly uses white tissue paper for black business. That...
When the Electoral Act 2026 was passed into law in February 2026, the expectation was that it would be the deus ex machina (the fool-proof, mechanical, solution as in complex Greek tragedies...
