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Political poaching: A threat to democratic pluralism

By Rekpene Bassey   In functioning democracies, defections are often justified by ideological realignment, policy disagreements, or shifts in constituency…

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How long shall they kill our soldiers?

  By Rekpene Bassey   Dawn in Nigeria’s North-East has too often become a period of reckoning, not merely of…

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In an uncertain trade landscape, cooperation still delivers

By Rebeca Grynspan Despite heightened trade tensions and policy volatility, global trade and growth demonstrated notable resilience in 2025. Supply…

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For Dr Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, it was a case of vini, vidi, vici

By Mike Ozekhome I am a very sad man as I write this. I have been completely devastated by the…

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The need for a Nigerian consciousness, by Prince Charles Dickson

To teach without training is to fail in your task, can anybody learn to play football by reading books? No.…

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Dokpesi: The big Masquerade leaves the stage

By Austin Okhiria Agbonsuremi My first encounter with Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi was in 1994 when he graciously gave me…

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The lying fathers in Nigeria, by Prince Charles Dickson

The leper said two things, one of them being a lie; he said after he had struck his child with…

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Ike Ekweremadu: May our children bury, not kill us, by Mike Ozekhome

INTRODUCTION When I was growing up in the village in the 60s and 70s, my dear mother always told me,…

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Tinubu must solve that power problem, by Prince Charles Dickson

One who hears and repeats a curse of the king is really cursing the king Quickly last week, my office…

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Ode to activists, by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa

The journey to Nigeria’s independence was fought on the altar of principled resistance to all forms of colonialism, oppression and…

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