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 »
By Mary Oso – Omotosho In May 1998, history quietly unfolded at the wedding reception of a young Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO). The Chairman of the occasion was none other than Otunba Niyi Adebayo, the first Executive Governor of Ekiti State. But this was no ordinary honour. BAO was not just a groom that day—he
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
Tinubu Hails 27 Years of unbroken Democracy in Nigeria. Read More »
Washington D.C., United States The United States government has called on countries around the world to step up their efforts to control the new Ebola outbreak spreading in parts of Africa, warning that if nations do not work together, the disease may spread further. Health authorities say the outbreak was first detected in the northeastern
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