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When Power Becomes Smaller Than The Nation

Nigeria, April 24 -- There comes a point in the life of a republic when explanation no longer restores confidence and only experience does. Democratic systems rarely announce their moments of reassess... Read More


When Liberation Forgets The Continent: South Africa, Xenophobia, and the Crisis of a Freedom Turning Inward

Nigeria, April 24 -- Few tragedies are as unsettling as a liberation learning to fear those who once helped sustain it. In South Africa, that irony is no abstraction. It lives in the uneasy space whe... Read More


Nigeria's Politics Must Be Judged by Outcomes, Not Promises

Nigeria, April 23 -- At a small roadside shop outside a Nigerian town, a woman counts change slowly, as though time itself has become more expensive than the goods she is selling. Behind her, a bag of... Read More


Before Revenue House Opens, Let the Law Enter First

Nigeria, April 15 -- Yesterday, the government commissioned a glass-and-steel building in Abuja, yet before a single desk is occupied, it must now commission something far more important: the legitima... Read More


Taxing the Lawful, Appointing the Questionable

Nigeria, April 6 -- A state cannot threaten lawful businesses with penalties for missing tax deadlines while looking away from troubling questions around the legality of those appointed to supervise t... Read More


The Gulf on the Edge: How Iran's Crisis Is Reshaping a Region

Nigeria, April 6 -- The war erupting in Iran is no longer a story confined to Tehran's borders. Its shocks have already crossed the Persian Gulf, rattling the wealth, security and confidence of every ... Read More


Wike, the Lover of the Media

Nigeria, April 4 -- Wike may be the most interview-ready politician Nigeria has ever produced. If microphones had a favourite public official, they would probably choose him without hesitation. Just w... Read More


Palm Sunday: The Day Hope Demanded More Than Celebration

Nigeria, March 29 -- Palm Sunday is not just a date on the calendar. It is a scene, a tension, a beginning that carries its ending within it. The streets of Jerusalem are alive with expectation. The a... Read More


Who Is Left in Town?

Nigeria, March 19 -- It is a strange thing to wake up in a country and feel like everyone in charge has travelled. Not metaphorically. Physically. You scan the news and realise that a good number of... Read More