Opinion

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A Silent Collapse of the Future in Northern Nigeria, By Ahmad Shuaibu Isa

When last did we truly walk through our neighbourhoods in Kano, Kaduna, Zaria or Katsina and engage directly with the youths who live...

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Authority Without Capability is Not Leadership But Occupation, By Mahfuz Mundadu

Nigeria is again flirting with a dangerous idea, the kind that has ruined nations before us while their elites congratulated themselves for being...

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On the Airstrikes in Sokoto, By Tunde Asaju

The ‘strike’ has happened. Nothing we say or do can change that. Our ruiners were caught napping. Bayo Onanuga’s statement admitted that much....

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Creating Boko Haram, Banditry, and the Politics of Violence in Nigeria: Facts, Victims, and Shared Humanity, By Ahmad Shuaibu Isa

For over a decade, organised terrorist cells and armed groups have inflicted profound suffering on Nigeria. Public discourse has often reduced this conflict...

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OPINION: Federal University Lokoja & Prof Gbenga Solomon Ibileye’s Emergence As 4th VC: The Manifestation of The Hand of God, By Dr Tosin Olagunju

My faith has been “renewedly” built in the Lord God of Host, the God of our fathers! At the completion of the tenure...

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A Decade of Blood, Silence, and Unanswered Justice: Why Did the Zaria Massacre Happen, and How Did Our Society Go So Wrong? By Ahmad Shuaibu Isa

The Zaria massacre has reached its tenth anniversary. At times, I ask myself what went wrong with our society. Those most oppressed by...

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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...