Opinion

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Erasmus Ikhide: When a Hijabi Congress Woman Becomes More Frightening than Hiroshima, By Mahfuz Mundadu

There are two modern ways to make war on a religion without getting your shoes dirty. One is to send drones and sanctions...

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The Sokoto Caliphate Is Not A “Terrorist Organization”, By Professor Abdullahi Danladi

A dangerous and intellectually bankrupt video is now circulating online, claiming that there is a “proposal” to declare the Sokoto Caliphate an International...

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Africa is Tired but Not Defeated, Nigerians Are Frustrated but Not Finished, By Ahmad Shuaibu Isa

Introduction The world is undergoing a profound geopolitical transition. The early twenty-first century’s largely unipolar system, dominated by the United States, is steadily...

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No to State Police! By Yusuf Lawal Nasidi

The real issue is not whether our police system is federal or state-controlled. The deeper problems are injustice, impunity, indiscipline, greed, inequality, corruption,...

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Governance Without Security Is a Fraud, By Mahfuz Mundadu

Nigeria is bleeding in slow motion, and those elected to protect it are watching with folded arms, issuing press statements as though condolences...

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Anatomy of Human Dignity, By Mahfuz Mundadu

Dignity is not a crown placed on the head at birth. It is a light cultivated through the discipline of the nafs, the...

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Abuja Face-off: Nigeria Still Runs Like a Military State- Femi Falana

In this interview, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, shares with ISMAEEL UTHMAN his thoughts on the heated confrontation between the Minister of...

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Beyond Military and Civilian Rule: Why Africa Needs a Value-Driven, Ethically Rooted Governance Model, By Ahmad Shuaibu Isa

In Nigeria, a familiar refrain echoes through radio call-ins, Twitter threads and political debates: “Things were better under the military.” Names such as...