By HALIMA TAKWAS WHEN Abubakar Shekau, the ruthless leader of Boko Haram’s Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), died in 2021, few imagined the ripple effect it would unleash. Yet, his death set off an unprecedented wave of defections in the Lake Chad Basin: thousands of men, women, and children linked to Boko Haram began […]
By ABDUL AHMED (A.A.) RUFUS NIGERIA’S streets are drowning in blood and silence. Behind every headline of robbery, kidnapping, or assassination lies a chilling reality: too many murders remain unsolved, and too many families are left waiting for justice that never comes. The brutal killing of 29-year-old TV anchor and lawyer, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, is only […]
By AUGUSTUS ISICHEI AS the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 approaches (21st December – 18th January in Morocco), the continent is bracing for a festival of football, a theatre where giants rise, underdogs bite, and dreams are either cemented in glory or broken in heartbreak. But amid the anticipation, the question remains: who truly […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE NIGERIA’S economy is showing unmistakable signs of revival. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and the NNPCL suggest that the worst may be over. Inflation has begun to cool, GDP growth is outpacing forecasts, and foreign reserves are climbing. Yet, for many Nigerians, the […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE An Economy of Desperation WHEN Temitope Afolabi’s husband faced imprisonment over a ₦48 million debt, she turned to surrogacy to save her family. Paid just over ₦2.2 million for carrying another couple’s child, she was promised transportation, accommodation, and medical support. But in reality, she was underpaid, overworked, and left with serious […]
By TINA TOLUTOPE The Case for ADR NIGERIA’S insolvency regime has strong statutory foundations but weak procedures that leave businesses and creditors trapped in endless litigation. Justice Onyekachi Otisi of the Court of Appeal underscored that the system’s reliance on already overstretched courts undermines the speed and efficiency corporate rescues demand. She argued that Alternative […]
By DAVID JOHN-FLUKE THE courtroom in Abuja was tense on Friday as Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court paused proceedings to consider whether Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), should be allowed treatment at the National Hospital. What appears on the surface as a routine medical request […]
By FIDELUS ZWANSON NIGERIA’S private charter aviation sector has, for years, been a theatre of fraud. At the centre of it lies the abuse of the Temporary Import Permit (TIP)—a loophole that allows foreign-registered jets to fly freely across our skies while denying the country billions in badly needed revenue. The scandal is not just […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS A Crisis of Manifestos IN today’s Nigeria, political manifestos have become glossy pamphlets for campaigns rather than binding social contracts with the people. Civil society groups, political scientists, and party leaders agree: the collapse of manifesto-driven governance is at the heart of Nigeria’s democratic dysfunction. Governors, once bound by party ideology, now […]
By ANITA KNIGHT WHAT does it take to build a fairer world order? For decades, Africa has asked this question while struggling under global systems designed without its voice. Now, with China’s launch of the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), the conversation has returned with urgency — and Nigeria is uniquely placed to answer. At the […]