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By Cheta Nwanze The protests at the start of this month reached intense levels, particularly in the northern regions…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu At the beginning of March 2020, Nigeria’s Supreme Court  dismissed an application for the review of its…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The Paris2024 Olympic Games cannot be forgotten in a hurry, especially as the Giant of Africa…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Rights are only worth having if they are occasionally boisterous, often inconvenient and frequently tiresome.” Inigo Bing,…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu  These are dangerous days of gross shamelessness in totalitarian Nigeria. Pathetic flaunting of clannish power is…

By Zainab Suleiman Okino On July 18, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held its 2024 policy meeting to…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu It is beyond ironic that rights of protest secured with the heroic sacrifices of Nigerians under colonial…

By Owei Lakemfa Heart surgeon, Masoud Pezeshkian, was sworn-in as President of Iran on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. His primary…

By Azu Ishiekwene We met last on April 21. I went to Asaba from Lagos to promote my new book,…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Protest is all the rage in Nigeria today. Democracy allows for peaceful protest, but it is…