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After COVID-19, why are we still losing lives to Cholera?

After COVID-19, why are we still losing lives to Cholera?

The resurgence of cholera in Borno State, which has already claimed dozens of lives and infected thousands within a matter of weeks, should serve as a stark reminder of the persistent vulnerabilities that continue to undermine public health in Nigeria. While authorities have moved to contain the outbreak through treatment centres, emergency interventions and public ...

Power infrastructure vandalism and the enemy within

The N480bn drug bust: A masterclass in leadership and the excellence of Marwa’s NDLEA

Nigeria’s educational sector is under siege

APC party primaries figures and 2027

Telecom reform must deliver more than new rules

Cybercrime and the heavy cost of Nigeria’s tarnished image

Cybercrime and the heavy cost of Nigeria’s tarnished image

The latest joint operation between British and Nigerian authorities, which resulted in the arrest of 31 suspected cybercriminals linked to romance fraud, impersonation scams and money laundering, ought to trouble every serious-minded Nigerian. Investigators described the exercise as a coordinated international crackdown targeting organised criminal networks operating across the United Kingdom and Nigeria, a development ...

The Ogun Meth operation should terrify Nigerians

The Ogun Meth operation should terrify Nigerians

The recent dismantling of a massive methamphetamine laboratory concealed within the forests of Ogun State should disturb Nigerians far beyond the shock value of the headlines. What the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency uncovered was far more serious than another isolated narcotics operation. Authorities exposed a sophisticated transnational criminal network allegedly involving Nigerian traffickers and ...

Oyo school attack: Where is safe in Nigeria now?

Oyo school attack: Where is safe in Nigeria now?

The tragedy that befell Oyo State last week leaves a profound ache in the national consciousness, offering a grim reminder of a country steadily losing its grip on basic security. Many families remain utterly heartbroken as thirty-two children and teachers who set out for school have yet to return. They are not homeless; rather, they ...

Wake up, terror has reached Ogbomosho!

Wake up, terror has reached Ogbomosho!

Fear has settled heavily over Oyo State following the horrifying attack on schools in Oriire Local Government Area near Ogbomosho, where armed assailants invaded learning centres, abducted pupils and teachers, and left behind scenes of devastation that many residents once believed could never reach the South-West. The killing of an abducted mathematics teacher has since ...

Enough of school children kidnapping

Enough of school children kidnapping

The recent coordinated invasion of schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State is a devastating reminder of an intolerable reality that needs to be neaped in the bud. When motorcycle-riding terrorists can storm classrooms in broad daylight, kill dedicated educators, and march dozens of innocent children into the forests, we are not ...

Award-winning Servio Gbadamosi unveils release plans for new collection, Entropy

Award-winning Servio Gbadamosi unveils release plans for new collection, Entropy

Noirledge Publishing has announced the release of Entropy, a new poetry collection by Nigerian poet and publisher Servio Gbadamosi. The 118-page paperback collection, published in a 5.5 x 8.5-inch format, marks Gbadamosi’s third volume of poetry and continues his exploration of memory, spirituality, grief, nationhood and human endurance. According to the publisher, Entropy examines the ...

Nigeria cannot keep normalising campus killings

Nigeria cannot keep normalising campus killings

The fatal shooting near the University of Benin once again forces Nigeria into a painful but necessary conversation about cultism, campus violence and the entrenched networks that have allowed both to endure for decades. Reports indicate that gunmen intercepted a vehicle near the university gate and opened fire, leaving one person dead and others injured, ...

Why community-bandit pacts are a dangerous precedent

Why community-bandit pacts are a dangerous precedent

The recent revelation by Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, that he sanctioned community-led negotiations with bandits presents a troubling shift in Nigeria’s counter-terrorism narrative. While the Governor reports that these pacts have brought over a year of respite to participating villages, the long-term implications of this strategy suggest a pyrrhic victory. By allowing local communities ...

On innovation without infrastructure

On innovation without infrastructure

Renewed global attention to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOs) has drawn the world once more towards the outer limits of science and speculation. In the United States, expected disclosures and sustained investigation by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office reflect a system sufficiently assured of its technological depth to interrogate the unknown. Curiosity in that context is ...

Nigeria’s persistent scourge of child trafficking

Nigeria’s persistent scourge of child trafficking

Reports that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) uncovered a facility allegedly linked to the trafficking and illegal sale of infants once again place one of Nigeria’s most troubling criminal patterns back in public view. It is a category of crime that has appeared repeatedly over the years in different states and under ...

Ozoro and the shame we export

Ozoro and the shame we export

There is a particular humiliation in being seen too late. Weeks ago, in Ozoro, Delta State, videos circulated within Nigeria showing women chased, stripped, and assaulted during events linked to the Alue-Do festival. Nigerian media covered the incident, authorities issued condemnations, and arrests followed. The Nigeria Police Force described the scenes as “alarming” and “disgusting”, ...

The Senate is for serious governance not a retirement home

The Senate is for serious governance not a retirement home

A disturbing trend has solidified in our nations politics, the migration of outgoing state governors to the Red Chamber. This Governor-to-Senate pipeline has transformed the Nigerian Senate into what many now perceive as a high-end retirement hobby for former state executives, a place to enjoy immunity, retain relevance and collect generous allowances without the stress ...

We need police officers not assassins

We need police officers not assassins

Some crimes horrify because of their violence. Others cut deeper because they expose the decay within institutions entrusted with public safety. The killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi in Effurun, Delta State, falls firmly into the latter category, and the outrage it has provoked is rooted in far more than the act itself. The footage is ...

Democracy under threat in Abuja and Washington (2)

Democracy under threat in Abuja and Washington (2)

If the first chapter of this democratic crisis was defined by the shock of the breach, the gavel falling in an Abuja courtroom and the crackle of a Secret Service radio in Washington, the second must be defined by the quiet, difficult work of restoration. To view the legal prosecution of six alleged conspirators or ...

Democracy under threat in Abuja and Washington

Democracy under threat in Abuja and Washington

Few images capture the anxieties of modern democracy more starkly than those emerging this week from two very different capitals. One comes from a courtroom in Abuja, where six men stand accused of plotting to overthrow an elected government. The other comes from Washington, where an armed assailant allegedly attempted to breach a high-security checkpoint ...

Why Makinde’s “Operation Wetie” rhetoric is dangerous

Why Makinde’s “Operation Wetie” rhetoric is dangerous

History is a teacher, but in the hands of a desperate politician, it can easily be transformed into a torch. Over the weekend, while hosting a summit of opposition parties in Ibadan, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State did exactly that. By invoking the specter of "Operation Wetie", one of the bloodiest and most anarchic ...

Restoring the guardrails of broadcast professionalism

Restoring the guardrails of broadcast professionalism

The recent regulatory directives from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) prohibiting on-air presenters from expressing personal opinions have sparked a heated national debate. While many Nigerians have raised an outcry, viewing this move as an attempt to stifle the press, we beg to differ. Instead, we see this as an essential pivot toward restoring professionalism ...

When will air strikes stop claiming Nigerian lives?

When will air strikes stop claiming Nigerian lives?

The weekend tragedy at Dilli Market, situated along the Borno–Yobe border, has once again cast a somber shadow over Nigeria's counter-insurgency efforts. What was intended as a precision mop-up operation under the banner of Operation HADIN KAI resulted in a devastating loss of life, with over 50 traders reportedly killed in an instant. This incident ...

Infrastructure lessons from Artemis II

Infrastructure lessons from Artemis II

The image of astronauts circling the moon, calmly testing life-support systems while travelling farther from Earth than any humans in decades, is the kind of spectacle that invites admiration. It should also provoke discomfort in our minds here in Nigeria. What looks like brilliance in space is, in truth, discipline on the ground. The success ...

Preserving the future before it ceases to exist

Preserving the future before it ceases to exist

The latest figures released by the World Bank present a sobering reality that should unsettle anyone. To learn that 110 out of every 1,000 children die before reaching the age of five is to acknowledge a humanitarian crisis hidden in plain sight. These are not just statistics, they represent a staggering loss of life that ...

Why Satellite partnerships are the future of national security

Why Satellite partnerships are the future of national security

The recent wave of attacks across Nigeria's rural corridors has once again exposed a lethal vulnerability, the silent gap of telecommunications. On April 5, 2026, when bandits stormed communities in Kaduna State, killing seven and abducting many, local leaders noted that the scale of the tragedy was worsened by poor network coverage, which delayed distress ...

Curtailing recurrent violence in plateau state

Curtailing recurrent violence in plateau state

The mission to curtail recurrent violence in Plateau State has become an urgent national priority as fresh attacks continue to claim lives, destroy property, and deepen fear among residents. Recent incidents around Jos have once again exposed the persistence of insecurity in a region that has repeatedly witnessed cycles of violence despite various interventions. The ...

Why the NCC’s compensation mandate is a turning point for Nigerian consumers

Why the NCC’s compensation mandate is a turning point for Nigerian consumers

For too long, the Nigerian telecommunications landscape has been defined by a glaring paradox: while Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) consistently declare eye-watering revenues and record-breaking profits, the average subscriber is left to navigate a minefield of dropped calls, ghost data consumption, and persistent network outages. For years, the consumer has been the silent financier of ...

Jos killings: Are security agencies guilty as charged?

Jos killings: Are security agencies guilty as charged?

The recent bloodletting in the Angwan Rukuba community of Jos North has once again thrust the fragile security of Plateau State into the national spotlight. Beyond the immediate tragedy of lives lost and the grief of families, a more insidious narrative has emerged, the allegation of complicity within the security architecture. As Governor Caleb Mutfwang ...

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