Nigeria is gradually becoming a nation where we witness drama on the daily. In our everyday lives, it is these dramatic episodes that keep Nigerians entertained. In the last couple of days, a new seri...
There is something hauntingly poetic about the name Ekweremadu — did one agree with any human? or has one consented to mankind? In that philosophical phrasing lies a riddle about power, mortality, and...
Less than two years into President Bola Tinubu’s first tenure, everything about him and all decisions now revolve around politics and politicking toward his reelection in 2027. Not that he ever took h...
It feels somewhat like nostalgia, but it’s not. Life, they say, happens. There was something else I used to hear while growing up: A fool at 40 is a fool forever. I suspect that the wit here, if I may...
Jibrin Ibrahim, Deepening Democracy, Daily Trust, 7th November 2025 Last Sunday, I participated in the Toyin Falola Interview Series, the topic of which was: “Dangote, Oil and Power in Nigeria.” It is...
Public activism is often dismissed as noise—hashtags that flare and fade, marches that make the evening news and then dissolve. But when citizens stay with the work beyond the first spark, activism be...
The title of this piece was influenced by the Book written in 1972 by Walter Rodney titled ‘’How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”. In the book, which became a Bible of sorts for those who are interested ...
Among the doctrines that underpin the legal process in Nigeria, few are as profound and pervasive as judicial independence, but no doctrine in the ecosystem of the law rivals its elusiveness. The idea...
On Friday, October 24, 2025 (Freed at Last) , hope returned to Ebira Camp in Auchi. After nearly two weeks in captivity, Aisha Wahab, the young woman whose abduction had broken hearts and shaken her c...
On August 16, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, announced that security services had captured two terrorist leaders who have been on the wanted list for a long time. They are Mah...
