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At this point, Nigeria might as well appoint the Minister of Climate Change as National Security Adviser. It would save time. Because if the current argument is to be believed, terrorism in Nigeria is no longer the offspring of failed governance, compromised security systems, and political indifference. No—it is the direct handiwork of sunshine, heatwaves, …
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On March 24, 2019, Attorney General William Barr released a four-page letter summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. That letter would become one of the most consequential pieces of misinformation in modern American history—not because it contained outright falsehoods, but because of what it chose to …
Describe something you learned in high school. One entered a boy and left a man. One became self aware, knew how to control one’s immediate surroundings, cleaning, making beds away from home. The umbilical cord emotionally and physically cut.
Screenshot There is a recurring ritual in Nigerian politics: lose a party argument today, discover constitutional morality tomorrow, and arrive in court the next morning armed with an ex parte application and righteous indignation. It is in this theatre that the recent interventions by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) must be understood—and critically examined. The …
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On March 18, 2026, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will walk into Windsor Castle. The flags of the Union and the Green-White-Green will fly side-by-side, the Household Cavalry will provide a rhythmic jingle of silver and steel, and the British press will dutifully churn out op-eds about “enduring Commonwealth ties” and “shared democratic values.” But for …
