For 56 agonising days, classrooms in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State stood as painful reminders of a national tragedy. Desks remained empty, lessons were interrupted, and dozens of families lived between hope and despair after armed kidnappers stormed three schools and whisked away pupils and their teachers. That chapter finally came to a […]
Every institution that survives long enough develops two things: bureaucracy and a power ecosystem. The first is inevitable. The second is unavoidable. Neither is inherently harmful. Bureaucracy provides continuity, order and accountability. Power ecosystems emerge because leadership invariably attracts advisers, gatekeepers, loyalists, critics and ambitious actors seeking influence. The real danger begins when bureaucracy ceases
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There are scandals that expose corruption. There are scandals that expose incompetence. Then there are scandals that reveal something even more disturbing: a state bureaucracy that has become so fragmented that it can no longer distinguish between what belongs to government and what merely appears to. The lingering controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion
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South Africa’s crisis is not that crime exists among migrants. Crime exists in every society. The crisis is that individual criminality has become the basis for collective guilt. A cult killing becomes evidence against millions of Nigerians. A drug arrest becomes proof that African migrants are the architects of national decline. Between isolated crimes and nationwide hostility lies a powerful political machinery that transforms fear into narrative, narrative into policy, and policy into exclusion. Unless South Africa learns to distinguish justice from scapegoating, it risks fighting crime by criminalizing an entire people.
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The controversy over akara generated more political heat than economic insight. The real issue is whether Nigeria is prepared to transform its vast informal economy from a survival mechanism into a platform for innovation, productivity and inclusive growth.
Why Nigeria’s Akara Debate Says More About Policy Than Politics Read More »
A massive APC rally in Ado-Ekiti has reinforced what the numbers, party structures, and political alignments have been suggesting for months: Governor Biodun Oyebanji enters Saturday’s governorship election as the man to beat. ADO-EKITI — As thousands of supporters flooded the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion for the APC’s grand finale campaign rally, the political message was
Oyebanji’s Re-Election: Why Saturday’s Ekiti Poll Looks Increasingly One-Sided Read More »
Nigeria’s unemployment rate dropped from 33% to 4.3% — not because jobs appeared, but because the definition changed. Underneath the headline number: 93% informal employment and a labour market built on precarity, not scarcity.
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Judgment could reshape opposition politics as affected parties prepare appeals ABUJA, Nigeria — The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence the deregistration of five political parties, including the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Accord Party, in a ruling with potentially far-reaching implications for Nigeria’s political
Court Orders INEC to Deregister ADC, Four Others; Party Vows Appeal Read More »
Washington cites national security concerns as frontier AI becomes the latest battleground in global technology competition
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President honours democracy heroes, calls for credible elections and stronger institutions on Democracy Day
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