Nigeria, Oct. 5 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission has begun its one-hundred-day countdown. In the ceremonial life of a republic, few markers are as revealing as a countdown to an elect... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- The most revealing thing about the United Nations in 2026 may be the distance between the world for which it was created and the world it is now expected to govern. The Security ... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 22 -- September 21 was the International Day of Peace. Across the world, governments, institutions and citizens were being reminded of an idea that ought to be ordinary: that people sho... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 17 -- Nigeria says INEC is independent. Yet the President in power has a constitutional role in choosing the person who will head the commission that conducts the election in which his ... Read More
Bangladesh, Sept. 16 -- When Aliko Dangote said he did not consider having a son a priority, he was saying something that should make Nigerian families pause. Not because he is a billionaire, and not ... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- Obasanjo is no messiah, and Nigerians should stop behaving as though they have amnesia. The former president has earned the right to speak. He has not earned the right to have... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 13 -- Nigeria has spent years telling the world that its population is its greatest economic advantage. More than 200 million people, a huge and youthful consumer market, rapidly growin... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 13 -- Nigeria has spent years telling the world that its population is its greatest economic advantage. More than 200 million people, a huge and youthful consumer market, rapidly growin... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- A child born on September 11, 2001 is now 25 years old. Someone who was ten that morning is now 35. Someone who was 20 is now 45. An entire generation has grown up in a world in w... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 4 -- A poor Nigerian pays more for almost everything. Not because the shopkeeper necessarily charges him more, but because he cannot afford to buy things in the way people with money d... Read More