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Opinion

May 11, 2025

The making of Nigeria’s judicial selectorate

The Constitution anointed the people as the electorate. Yet, winners and losers in Nigerian elections are decided by a judicial selectorate that does not feel beholden to anything.

Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
May 10, 2025

When protest is not haram

Protest is only haram when it’s about fighting for justice and asking the powerful people in authority to abandon their crass obsession with ‘primitive accumulation.’

Protest
May 9, 2025
Nigerian parliament and FIRS
May 8, 2025

Adesina, Onanuga and the matter of being better off

Abuja can argue that the hardship is global and that the temporary difficulties will produce a better future. But as economists say, in the long run, we’re all dead.

Adesina and Onanuga
May 5, 2025

Tinubu, Dogara, and the 2027 mirage

We need a president who lives modestly, speaks plainly, and acts justly.

Bola Tinubu and Yakubu Dogara
May 4, 2025

Confronting challenges in Nigeria’s digital economy

The time for Nigeria’s leaders to undertake decisive action is now.

Olabode Olanusi
May 4, 2025

Chidi Odinkalu: Blessed are the crooked judges of Nigeria

The National Judicial Council seeks the benediction of judicial corruption into high virtues for which recidivist judges receive a year-long sabbatical.

Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
May 3, 2025
Natasha Akpoti and Godswill Akpabio
April 27, 2025

Why Bola Tinubu’s plot to make Nigeria one-party state may be his undoing

President Tinubu may wish to be reminded that of the major misfortunes in life, few are as ruinous as the tragedy of fulfilled desires.

Bola Tinubu and Ifeanyi Okowa