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Visas
OpinionTravel

The Cost of Uncertainty: Why Global Visa Reforms are Long Overdue

Across Africa, millions of hopeful travellers, students, tourists, job seekers, and professionals are coughing up large sums for visa applications, only to be...

President Bola Tinubu
NewsOpinion

Tinubu Is Fanning Flames of Tribalism—At Home and Across Borders

President Bola Tinubu came to office with the promise of a united and prosperous Nigeria. But two years into his presidency, his policies...

FinanceNewsOpinion

NBS Releases Rebased GDP, But Tinubu’s Government Still Fails to Deliver Real Growth

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has officially released Nigeria’s rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures, updating the country’s economic metrics to reflect...

Tinubu bad governance protest
NewsOpinionPolitics

Tinubu Uses Federal Power to Pressure Opposition Governors into APC, Deepening State Capture Ahead of 2027

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political strategy ahead of the 2027 elections is becoming disturbingly clear and dangerously undemocratic. What we are witnessing is...

Tinubu bad governance protest
FinanceOpinion

Tinubu’s Economic Policies Are Reducing Hardworking Nigerians to Beggars

From the streets to offices, restaurants, banks, hospitals, and hotels across Nigeria, a disturbing pattern has emerged. Those employed, the very people meant...

OpinionPolitics

Sanctuaries or Stages? How Politicians Are Hijacking Nigeria’s Religious Spaces

In a nation where faith holds deep cultural and spiritual significance, Nigeria’s religious spaces, including churches, mosques, and other places of worship, have...

NewsOpinion

The APC Effect: 10 Years That Crippled Nigeria’s Economic Future

A decade after the All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power on the promise of “change,” Nigeria’s economic outlook is now marked by...

Yew
Book ReviewOpinion

Opinion: Their Tribal Loyalties Are Stronger Than Their Sense of Common Nationhood

A REVIEW OF LEE KUAN YEW’S FROM THIRD WORLD TO FIRST Regarding narratives about countries rising from dust to gold, the success story...

OpinionSecurity

‘Tinubu’ Now Christened on Airports, Barracks, and Possibly Mass Graves

In a country where hunger kills faster than bullets and terrorism has become a national pastime, there’s at least one thing moving at...

NewsOpinion

In Africa, Steal a Phone and Die — Steal Billions, Gain Power

In many parts of Africa today, justice wears two faces. One is swift, brutal, and unforgiving, reserved for the poor. The other is...

CultureOpinionPolitics

Faith, Tribe, and the Failure of Unity in Nigeria

In Nigeria, the issue of who you’re begins with where you’re from and whose gods (God) your people worship. Even before your name...

OpinionSports

OPINION: “Egypt Are S**t” “Bloody AFCON!”: EPL Fixtures For 2025/26 Season Rekindle Racist Feelings Towards African Football Again

On Wednesday, June 18, the Premier League announced 380 fixtures for the upcoming football season, scheduled to begin in August 2025. However, reactions...