Tinubu’s UK state visit: The good, the bad, the ugly
The state visit undertaken to the United Kingdom penultimate week by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has continued to elicit fervid …
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Maiduguri blasts: Stem suicide bombers’ resurgence
Almost exactly 10 years after suicide bombers smeared the streets of the sahelian city of Maiduguri, Borno State, with the blood…
US-Iranian war: Counting the costs
When two elephants fight, as they say, the grass bears the brunt. But in this case, it is three big, enraged ‘elephants’— two…
US-Iranian war: The limits of hubris
The sneak attack launched penultimate Saturday against Iran, after a spell of saber-rattling, killing its Supreme Leader,…
Edo shootings: Fish out culprits
The reported attack on the 2023 presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, now a chieftain of the African…
Tackling cash squeeze in MDAs
There is a troubling funding squeeze that has been plaguing the central business of government, slowly but surreptitiously…
Growing inhumanity to accident victims
It is difficult to accurately picture what goes on in the mind of a bystander who has just witnessed a typical accident scene,…
Electronic upload of poll results: Putting Senate on the spot
The upper chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate, on Wednesday eventually passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2025 into…
Accidental airstrikes: Counting the cost
The incidence of air strikes hitting civilian populations by accident, killing and maiming victims, has become too recurrent for…
Slump-and-die tragedies: Stemming the tide
The night of Tuesday, July 30, 2024 was an effervescent one at the 80th birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli, Chief EXecutive…