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Voters Decide Nothing; Vote Counters Decide Everything!
We have recently witnessed spirited protests and media contestations on the electoral bill...
Nigerians Don’t Hate Corruption
Since 1999, every government that has come to power has made fighting corruption...
38 Flowers For Federal Road Safety Corps
On Wednesday, 18 February 2026, the Federal Road Safety Corps marked 38 years...
Gloomy Birthdays For Andrew, El-Rufai At 66
Certainly, there must be some weirdness or inscrutability in reaching the 66-year-old milestone....
The Road To Washington
In this column, I turn my attention to a moment that transcends headlines...
Arewa Consultative Forum‘s De-escalation Voyage To Rivers
In Nigeria, markets often double as barometers of the republic’s health. When stalls...
The Road To A Doctor’s Nigeria
There Was a Country, lamented Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s literary icon and one of...
2025 Budget: If I Were Pate
On 18th December 2024, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented the 2025 budget...
Elite Rascality And The Politics Of Impunity
Nigeria’s political class occupies a familiar paradox in the national imagination: revered in...
El-Rufai, Leaks And The Theatre Of Breaches
In 44 BC, Julius Caesar fell not only to the swords of senators...