Editorial

Each year, June 12 reminds Nigerians of a bitter betrayal, the annulment of the freest and fairest election in our nation’s history. It was on that day in 1993 that Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (M.K.O.) Abiola emerged victorious in a presidential election that transcended ethnic and religious lines, only for the…

The recent suggestion by Nigeria’s The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Christopher Musa that the country should fence its land borders to curb insurgency and criminal infiltration has sparked widespread reactions. While the security intent may be noble, the economic and logistical implications of such a project make it…

In Maiduguri, not long ago, the skies opened — not with hope, but with fury. Floodwaters swept through communities, killing and displacing thousands. It was a horror that should have sparked immediate national alarm. But before the shock could fully settle, tragedy struck again — this time in Mokwa, Niger…

In the week that just ended, Nigeria was again jolted by a brutal reminder of the unchecked terror plaguing its northeastern region and other parts of the northwest and central. Over 50 lives were violently cut short in Borno State as Boko Haram’s JAS faction descended on the villages of…

It’s a Saturday morning. The sun is rising over a sleepy polling station in rural Niger. An elderly man leans on his cane, staring at the ballot box. He’s been here before—four times in the last sixteen years. Each time, he hoped his vote would bring water to his village,…

By Prof. Chiwuike Uba, Ph.D In July 2016, I lost my beloved wife, Amaka, to a preventable asthma crisis. Her untimely death was a tragedy that shattered my world and changed my life forever. But from that devastating loss, I found purpose. I established the Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF) to…

  The other day Borno South Senator Ali Ndume during a television interview reportedly accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of benefiting the people from his part of the country (southwest) with all the juicy appointments to the detriment of other regions of the country. Specifically, the senator directed his ire…