By Akinola Morakinyo (Ph.D) Nkechi Okonkwo has been awake since 3:45 in the morning. By the time most of Oshodi is still arguing with its alarm clock, she has soaked beans, queued at the neighbourhood mill, lit her coal pot, and begun producing one of the most economically efficient food products in Nigeria. An akara … [Read more…]
-By SNC Nwagu “Life is sacrosanct. It cannot be regained once lost. Ghana evacuates. Malawi shields. Nigeria reacts — but only after the caskets are counted.” Since 2008, South Africa has recorded repeated waves of anti-foreigner violence known as “xenophobia” or “Afrophobia.” Nigerians have paid the price in blood and business every time. As a … [Read more…]
The GEANCO Foundation has launched the Primecare Nursing Practice Programme, a new initiative designed to strengthen nurse-led clinics and improve access to quality healthcare in underserved communities across Nigeria. The programme was unveiled on Saturday, June 27, 2026, in Enugu during a ceremony attended by government officials, healthcare professionals and academic leaders. According to the … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud There is a way Nigerians talk about insecurity. They lower their voices, to the point of whispering. They change the subject, no sooner fear kicks in. They say it will pass. They insist that Abuja is safe because it must be safe. A capital city cannot fall. The federal government cannot lose … [Read more…]
By Dr. John Egbo Decreasing the number of police officers assigned to VIPs in Nigeria is a more appropriate and timely response than withdrawing the entire police officers assigned to the VIPs in this worsening insecurity across the country. The police force is overstretched, and redeploying some officers from excessive VIP protection duties back to … [Read more…]
For millions of Nigerians, the fear of being kidnapped on the road, at home, or even in school has become a grim part of daily existence. From the outskirts of Abuja to rural communities in Kaduna, Kwara, Niger, Katsina, Plateau, Benue, Rivers, and Zamfara, the wave of abductions continues to rise, eroding public confidence and … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud Something distinctly unsettling stirred when my young friend and colleague at the Bar, Festus Ogun, quietly reversed course from his initial social media post in which he rightly drew public attention to the plight of the “Yola Six”, the law students abducted en route to resume studies at the Nigerian Law School … [Read more…]
By Okafor Sebastine Chukwuebuka Recently, through friends and allies, I acquired some electronic devices designed to help curb examination malpractices across schools—both secondary and tertiary institutions. Ironically, the invention of artificial intelligence, which ought to aid learning, has worsened the situation. Some students now snap their question papers, upload them to AI-enabled platforms, and use … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud When Ashleigh Plumptre pulled on the green jersey of the Super Falcons, she was not just representing our country. She was performing a deeper act: an act of cultural reimagination. She was constructing a new identity. One that defies borders, blurs categories, and reclaims ancestral memory. Her decision to play for our … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud In a country starved of dignity, the conduct of members of the political class becomes akin to the conduct of wayward sailors staggering on the deck of a sinking ship. Call it the Titanic. They stagger through public spaces, like the character, Juda Pesa, the self-proclaimed market philosopher in the Kenyan writer, … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud “I couldn’t reach Yelawata in Benue State due to bad roads”, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This sentence captures the spirit of Tinubu’s presidency. Aloof. Detached. Cold. Inconsiderate. Leadership without compassion. Governance without sacrifice. Authority without empathy. How did Mandela once describe compassion? He said, “Our human compassion binds us the one … [Read more…]
By Dr. Samson Abanni Let me tell you a story from the long ago—around 1400—when the world’s most advanced technology wasn’t smartphones or artificial intelligence, but something far simpler: turning raw wool into finished cloth. This was the quantum science of its day. England was the world’s largest producer of raw wool, but not a … [Read more…]