Welcoming the American troops, By Reuben Abati

Reuben Abati writes about Plateau, Tsiga and Trump.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that American troops are now effectively on the ground in Nigeria to assist the country to fight Boko Haram and Islamic state insurgents and terrorists who have been tormenting the country for about two decades. Yet there are certain Nigerians at home and abroad who are indulging […]

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Biodun Jeyifo: The intellectual as a revolutionary, By Owei Lakemfa

Owei Lakemfa writes about Yeslem Beisat.and the Sahrawi struggle.

The inaugural lecture of Professor Wole Soyinka in the 1980/81 period at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, was expectedly explosive. Its title, “The Critic and society: Bathes, Leftocracy and Other Mythologies”, left no one in doubt that this was an ideological offensive. It was the famous writer’s nuclear-powered intellectual attack against […]

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 Re: Democracy in name only? False! Democracy is alive, and not a spectacle, By Kayode Adebiyi 

Democracy is a marathon. It demands endurance, organisation, and civic responsibility. 2027 will be determined by turnout, persuasion, strategy, and trust, not rhetoric or the excision of two words. Nigeria’s democracy is not collapsing; it is evolving. Evolution, unlike revolution, takes time. Osmund Agbo’s article, “Democracy in name only: Why bother?” is certainly well-written, but […]

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