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We have recently witnessed spirited protests and media contestations on the electoral bill then in the works and now signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. If you immerse yourself too deeply in the emotive tragicomedy, you may miss the tragedy of how politics has torn the fabric of brotherhood down the middle or the …
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If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? Words are like the wind—they change with the times, and as time passes, new words emerge. Banning words is like trying to stop the tide; it’s just not going to work. Time is the ultimate editor, shaping words and …
Palestine Action's activists, wrongly labeled terrorists, face government and media scrutiny in the Filton Trial. Rajiv Menon KC's speech highlights the injustice and the urgent need for legal clarity.
The Nigerian government's response to banditry is a stark example of political numbness. While other nations swiftly legislate in the wake of tragedy, Nigeria's lawmakers remain on recess, treating catastrophes as mere nuisances.
Boris Johnson We have been force-fed this same threadbare fiction for so long that it now qualifies as a constitutional convention. When Iran is not “days away” from the bomb, it is “months away.” Sometimes it is “weeks away,” which is the geopolitical equivalent of “the cheque is in the post.” The apocalypse, apparently, runs …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 