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There are moments in politics when the mask slips—not dramatically, not with fireworks, but with a stray sentence that reveals the wiring beneath the polished exterior. On the 4 April 2026, such moment came courtesy of Nyesom Wike, a minister of the Federal Republic, the minster for the Federal Capital Territory and former Governor of …
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What animals make the best/worst pets? The best pets are those pets owned by an owner and the worst pets are those not owned by an owner. The utility of a pet is in the eyes of the beholder or owner. Dog owners think dogs are the best and think cats are the worst, conversely …
Gilbert Chagoury Sanni Abacha Abubakar Atiku Bagudu Bola Ahmed Tinubu Just when you thought corruption in Nigeria had quietly retired to a modest bungalow in the outskirts of Dubai—living off its pension and occasionally sending cryptic WhatsApp broadcasts—President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has kicked the door open and declared: “Gentlemen, we are so back.” And not …
In constitutional democracies, outcomes matter—but process matters more. The current agitation around birthright citizenship in the United States risks collapsing that distinction, inviting courts to adjudicate substance while sidestepping the procedure that gives constitutional meaning its legitimacy. At the centre of this debate sits the United States Constitution, specifically the Fourteenth Amendment to the United …
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History, we are told, is written by the victors. In Nigeria’s case, it appears to have been edited by the survivors. The standard classroom narrative is neat and comforting: there were two coups in 1966 — the January coup and the July counter-coup. Full stop. But that tidy formulation obscures a constitutional contortion that deserves …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 