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Some Nigerians and armchair analysts are often quick to criticise the federal government for perceived shortcomings in security, highlighting isolated incidents such as kidnappings, improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings, and

There is an old Igbo parable that the novelist Chinua Achebe of blessed memory once retold in a private conversation, years after he had written Arrow of God. A tortoise

Nigeria’s 2026 tax reform arrives not as an isolated policy choice but as a fiscal inevitability shaped by years of structural weakness in revenue generation, declining oil dependence, and the

The Legal Practitioners Bill, 2025, is presented as a bold effort to modernise the regulation of Nigeria’s legal profession. Reform is necessary. Standards must improve, accountability must be strengthened, and

Nigeria’s electricity sector is at a defining moment. With the Electricity Act 2023, the country has begun decentralising power—allowing states to generate, distribute, and regulate electricity within their borders. This

On April 9, Nigeria made a confident pitch to the future. Standing before a global audience at GITEX Africa, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),

The landscape of national security is rarely a place for the faint-hearted, and for a nation like Nigeria, embattled for over a decade by the hydra-headed monsters of insurgency and

Recently, I visited the once prestigious and iconic University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on a personal trip. As we approached the university through the main gate, we discovered it was

When we talk about the Olympics, we think of ancient Greece, Mount Olympus, Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic Rings, and athletes. Beyond being the biggest sporting event in the world,

There is a hard, almost rude lesson in that line. History does not wait for the timid to finish their committee meeting. Politics, especially Nigerian politics, is not kind to

My interest in this subject has grown steadily as a result of recent developments in Nigeria’s political horizon. As 2027 approaches, the emergence of nominees for elective offices has become

My boss and mentor sent me a WhatsApp message a fortnight ago containing an interesting snippet with the picture of a donkey sitting bemused on a water tank.  On it