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By Emmanuel Kwada The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first edition hosted across three nations — the United States, Canada, and Mexico — has burst into life with high drama, record-breaking performances, and early disappointment for African representatives. As the tournament’s opening phase unfolds, African teams are still searching for their first victory, Continue Reading
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June 2022 stands out in my life like a dark stain on a spotless white garment. It remains etched in my memory alongside other defining dates — my birthday, my wedding day, the day I wrote my final undergraduate exam, and, most painfully, the day death stole my father away. That month, my family endured […]Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada President Bola Ahmed Tinubu used his 2026 Democracy Day address to issue a stern warning to bandits, kidnappers, and terrorists across the country, declaring that they must either surrender or face the full force of the Nigerian state. In a nationwide broadcast marking 27 years of uninterrupted democratic governance, the President reaffirmed […]Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has raised fresh concerns over what it describes as credible reports of killings, abductions, sexual violence, forced conversions, and forced marriages targeting Christian and other religious minority communities in Nigeria, particularly across the country’s northern and Continue Reading
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Key Points:  ‎Nigeria loses ₦1.1 trillion yearly to land degradation 2.35 million Nigerians face acute food insecurity now Climate crisis fuels insecurity, poverty, health collapse Vote4Climate 2027 campaign launched ahead of elections Experts demand issue-based politics over ethnicity, religion Nature-Based Solutions and Collective Responsibility   Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada On May 29, 2026, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu marked his administration’s third anniversary with a speech in which he made several promises to Nigerians, focusing on economic recovery, infrastructure expansion, energy reforms, and social investment. Below are 10 key commitments he highlighted: – Economic Stabilization – He pledged that Continue Reading
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The eyes of my centenarian father-in-law always sparked with excitement, his heart warm with happiness every time I travelled from Abuja to our village and walked into his serene premises. Not because I took a lorryload of material gifts or showered him with Naira notes.  Rather, it was because each visit enabled him to give […]Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara’s entry into the National Assembly in 2007 can rightly be described as miraculous, especially when compared to the enormous financial demands placed on today’s aspirants. Contemporary candidates must raise millions of naira to cover the cost of expression of interest forms, Continue Reading
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By Theophilus Abbah “I was so frustrated and exhausted,” Josephine Ochadamu says when asked about her experiences as an Assistant Presiding Officer at a polling unit in Nasarawa State during Nigeria’s 2023 elections. Connected through a mutual acquaintance, she has agreed to a telephonic interview to share her struggles with the new technology that was Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday watched a video recording in which the sixth defendant in Nigeria’s high-profile alleged coup plot trial confessed to warning the plotters that their plan would fail and that they would be betrayed. Sheikh Sani Abdulkadir, who describes himself as an Islamic cleric, appeared in […]Continue Reading
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My spirit dwindled, and my heart sank as dark-faced military personnel flagged my car down at a mischievous checkpoint on the outskirts of Lokoja en route Abuja. Emerging from the snarling traffic on the rickety road at Felele in Lokoja, I was charged for the two-hour ride to Abuja in my Mercedes-Benz car on that […]Continue Reading