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By Usman Abdullahi Koli Kano has a drug problem. The harder truth is that the drug problem has a Kano problem too: it has found enough social, economic and institutional room to survive. That is why the Kano State Multi-Agency Task…
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The first duty of a government, countless leaders over the decades have said, is to safeguard its population. On 11 September 2001 the US manifestly failed to do that. The intelligence was there, yet tragically, nobody joined up the dots…
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By Augustine Osayande, PhD August 27, 2026, will forever remain one of the darkest and most painful days of my life. It was the day death came knocking and took away someone profoundly dear to my heart—my beloved sister, Grace Evbayiro…
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By Michael Olukayode The departure of Dr Omar Alieu Touray as President of the ECOWAS Commission closes a four-year chapter in the history of West Africa’s foremost regional organisation, but it also opens one of its most uncertain. …
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By Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed There is an old saying among sailors that a ship does not creak the loudest on the day it finally comes to rest at the harbour; it simply glides in, quietly, having done its work in service of those it carried.…
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By Umar Ardo, PhD There comes a point in the life of every sovereign nation when legitimate international concern about its problems shades into something altogether different leading towards the internationalization of internal issues…
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By IfeanyiChukwu Afuba An Executive Director of Nigerian Maritime, Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Chudi Offodile, says erosion and environmental issues, low internally generated revenue, soaring house rent and brain drain…
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By Mohammad Toyeeb Abdulsalam A Nigerian student walks through Xiaoying Lane and finds a different answer to a question his own country is still asking. There were old women sitting around a wooden table when I walked in, not waiting,…
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By Oumarou Sanou There is nothing wrong with urging Nigerian youth to look past Britain, America and Canada, or with Russia offering scholarships to African students. Young Nigerians deserve every legitimate route to education the world…
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By: Dr. James Bwala Everyone deserves a tribute on a special day. At 57, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum stands as a remarkable example of how humility, courage, compassion, and disciplined service can transform a life and inspire an…
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