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Opinion

December 1, 2025

Abdul Mahmud: Exclusion and Nigeria’s politics of erasure

The politics of erasure begins with language. When Christian villages are attacked at dawn, leaving dozens dead, our country describes the incident as a clash.

Wrecked communities in central Nigeria
November 27, 2025

Habits that disgrace us are not Trump-made

It’s not Trump’s fault that Nigeria is where it is.

Donald Trump and Bola Tinubu
November 23, 2025

On whose mandate do judges stand?

The question he raised is simple: On whose mandate do judges stand? The judges cannot duck the issue posed by the president’s symbolic choice of battleground.

Bola Tinubu at judges’ conference
November 21, 2025

Editors and the missing part of Uzodimma’s trust story

Uzodimma was right about the need for the media to take a long, hard look at itself.

November 19, 2025

Suleman Ayuba: The Silent Genocide: Gwoza’s Christians in the grip of jihadist terror

The people of Gwoza are not statistics. They are mothers who buried their children, pastors who preach in the ruins of their sanctuaries.

Suleman Ayuba
November 19, 2025
Maitama Tuggar
November 17, 2025

Confronting the deniers of Christian genocide in Nigeria

Scholars have long explained that land and wealth can be tools of genocide, not excuses for it.

Armed herdsmen
November 16, 2025

Forty-five days that changed elections in Africa?

How the continent’s leaders and institutions handle the aftermath could have serious implications for the stability of the continent.

Samia; Election violence in Tanzania
November 13, 2025

Atiku should shelve 2027 presidential ambition, let south complete eight years: South-West PDP

Mr Ajisafe said the party remained open to reconciliation and expected all estranged members to reunite with the PDP after the convention.

Atiku Abubakar