The Kingdom of Benin was a highly organized, urbanized state that thrived for centuries in what is now Edo State, Nigeria. At its height, Benin City was a marvel—laid out with wide streets, massive earthworks (the Benin Walls, among the largest man-made structures in the world at the time), a sophisticated court system under the …
If the American debate over birthright citizenship reveals anything, it is this: in constitutional democracies, how you do something is often more important than what you are trying to do. Nowhere is this clearer than when you juxtapose the rigid constitutionalism of the United States with the fluid parliamentary sovereignty of the United Kingdom. The …
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 …
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