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President Tinubu’s Recent Lines of War

President Bola Tinubu recently set Nigeria’s political spaces on fire by declaring that “all is fair in politics”. According to the president, killing, cheating,...

Dìbò k’ó se’bẹ̀ and the raw reality of politics (2)

As Adlai Stevenson Jr. famously observed, “A hungry man is not a free man.” This truth conveniently haunts our troubled polity, where politicians tend...

The FG’s $3.05 Billion Poverty Reduction Plan

Poverty is arguably Nigeria’s biggest nemesis, closely followed by systemic corruption and insecurity. Regrettably, the country’s poverty is self-inflicted. There are countries in the...

Oyo Abductions And Our Illimitable Woes

We are all now in peril, and there’s no longer an acceptable definition of where the frontline is. The abduction of dozens of pupils...

2027: The Ruthless Forces Peter Obi and the Opposition Will Be Confronting

By 2027, the presidential election in Nigeria may no longer be an ordinary democratic contest between political parties. It may evolve into something far...

When A Nation Argues With Itself: Tribal Loyalty, Insecurity, And The Crisis Of Truth In Nigeria

Nigeria is once again trapped in a familiar storm - anger over insecurity, outrage over governance, and a growing online culture where emotion is...

Osun guber: Matters Arising

By Segun Orija ​The upcoming August 15, 2026, governorship election in Osun State is not just another routine change of leaders, it is a major...

Power Trumps Kidnapping Kids and Beheading the Teacher

It brings tears to the eyes when one comes to the harsh realization that our ruling politicians are more interested in keeping power in...

Education Is Not Immunity: When Certificates Fail To Guarantee Sound Leadership In Nigeria

In Nigeria’s public discourse, there is a recurring assumption that academic excellence automatically translates into competence in governance. The argument is often simple: a...

The Long Spoon Is An Illusion: Why Bad Governance Never Spares Anyone

There is a quiet but dangerous belief that thrives in many societies struggling with weak governance: the idea that one can benefit from a...

When Citizens Begin To Negotiate With Terrorists: A Nation’s Dangerous Loss Of Faith In Government

The emotional reaction of social commentator VeryDarkMan (VDM) to the disturbing video of the kidnapped Oyo schoolchildren and teachers has once again forced Nigeria...

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Nigerian Men and their Foreign Wives

Culturally, Nigerian men are overbearing, controlling, and paternalistic.  They relate to their fathers and mothers differently. They believe it is “a man’s world” and so they have the tendency to relegate women to subservient roles. I am stunned by the transformation Nigerian men, married to non-Nigerian women, have gone through in the United States...

Is Genevieve Nnaji Nigeria’s First Movie Superstar?

What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. The amount of talent dripping from her little finger is more than many of our other female leading ladies have combined...

Why Do African Men Go Home to Marry?

The African male is perplexing. He can be enigmatic. He can be everything and sometimes, nothing. He can be sweet and loving and caring and benevolent and at the same time oppressive. His life is full of contradictions. In so many ways, he is a wounded animal as a result of his historical past...

Mobil’s Oily Battle Over Intellectual Property Rights

The eight-year long battle between Commandclem Nigeria Limited and Mobil Producing Nigeria Limited, over ownership of patent and intellectual rights to a chemical invention for offshore drilling seems in sight…

Lost in a Sea of Hair Weaves

One can understand some black women wearing wigs for the same reasons that some white women do; because they are losing or have lost their hair. One can even make allowances for wigs being worn for the occasional change of look. But how to explain young women with full heads of hair who will never be seen dead with their natural hair?