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‘Thought – provoking.’ ‘Insightful.’ ‘Inspirational.’ ‘Brilliant and life-changing!’ These were but a few accolades that trailed the recent lecture delivered by the first female Vice Chancellor of the prestigious University …

Nigeria has been on tenterhooks in the last one week since the commencement of #EndBadGovernance (or anti-hunger) protests on August 1, 2024. What started as a child’s play has resulted …

Far-right or right-wing extremism is radically conservative, ultra-nationalist and authoritarian, with nativist or tribal tendencies. Jean-Yves Camus and Nicolas Lebourg say that the far-right worldview is of a society that …

About 115 years ago, in 1909, Walter Egerton, the Barrister-turned-colonial administrator, and then Governor, introduced the Sedition Ordinance into the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. This drew a sharp …

Central banks use inflation targeting to maintain economic growth and prices stability, with an inflation target. If inflation rises, central banks tighten monetary policy by increasing interest rates or other …

One year and two months in office, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘Emilokan’ Presidency faces its toughest challenge so far with the ongoing nationwide youth hunger protest that began on Thursday, August …

The boundary conflict between Isu and neighbouring communities, including the Utuma, Ito, Umoh clans, and Mbiabong Ukwa, has caused a severe crisis in the Abia/Cross beachline areas and surrounding neighbourhoods. …

In recent weeks, Nigerian comedian, Brain Jotter, set off a dance challenge ‘Gwo gwo gwo ngwo.” It was a line taken from the song of folktale musician Gentleman Mike Ejeagha …

The theme of my conversation is the Dangote Refinery impasse. The bourgeoisie, namely, the dominant class with control over the means of production, employer of labour, with control over the …

There’s a lot of work for government to do, in terms of engaging young people, like the hundreds who came out to protest against hunger and bad governance. The post …