Critical assessments of Nigeria’s democratic trajectory at 65 have continued, with the Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED)…
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On the eve of Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary, I reflected on Harold Smith. He’s not widely known in Nigeria. And that’s probably to be expected for a man whom the British establishment ostracised for decades for daring to be different, before his death. He was everything the British colonial authorities didn’t want him to be, and
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A coalition of young politicians in the South West, Omoluabi Progressives, has called for a more active and inclusive democratic system to ensure that the voices of people at the grassroots are better represented in governance.
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At 65, Nigeria finds itself in a reflective mood, and rightly so. Independence anniversaries are not just occasions for parades, gun salutes, and flag-waving….
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As Nigeria marks her 65th Independence Anniversary in 2025, the mood across the nation is not one of triumph but of tension. For many young Nigerians, this…
Mathematics and the Nigerian dream: From disillusionment to… Read More »
Professor Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, who passed on at the age of 77 on Tuesday July 22, 2025, played remarkable roles as an intellectual, and behind the scene in the…
Professor Jonah Isawa Elaigwu 1948-2025 Read More »
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Thursday flagged off the Light Up Abuja Project: Lots I & II, aimed at transforming
FCT Minister flags off solar-powered streetlight project in Abuja Read More »
The immediate past FCT Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Tpl. Lami A. Ayuba, made several attempts beginning from April 26, 2024 to get…
City floods as repercussion of land use violations Read More »
I’m seeing loads of fancy graphics on our Independence all over the internet. 65 years ago, the day the colonial flags came down and ours went up, signalling…
Are we truly independent? Read More »
On September 26, 25 years ago, Nigeria was shaken by one of the deadliest air disasters in its military history. A C-130H Hercules aircraft, carrying about…
25 years after the Ejigbo C-130H tragedy: Families’… Read More »
