By Sonny Iroche When I saw the images of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Greg Brockman seated together at a White House dinner during the visit of the Saudi Crown Prince, my immediate thought was this: the world is rearranging itself around artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and data infrastructure; and Africa must not remain a spectator.…
By Sonny Iroche As someone who has interest in the development of AI ethical and responsible use of AI, especially the research on the deployment of artificial intelligence systems across healthcare, finance, and defence, I have watched Elon Musk’s twin ventures, xAI and Neuralink, with a mixture of fascination and personal urgency. What Musk is…
By Mohammed Idris Haidara "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." — William Shakespeare. Indeed, with a heavy heart, I honour Professor (Amb.) Joy Ogwu who played her part with quiet brilliance and lasting impact. She led not with fanfare, but with purpose, guiding, inspiring, and elevating those…
By Dakuku Peterside After every election in Nigeria—especially the contentious ones—a familiar chorus rises: "They will rig it." "Nothing will change." Following the recent off-cycle governorship polls, this chorus has grown louder. On the streets, in offices, and across social media, many Nigerians have already written off the 2027 general elections as a lost cause.…
By Johnson Babalola Over the years, in both my personal and professional journeys, I have encountered people of many different characters. Some have amused me, others have shocked or surprised me. A few have inspired and encouraged me, while others have left me deeply troubled. Some crossed my path only briefly, yet their impact—positive or…
By Kingsley Dike The campaign for the creation of Anioma State recently gained steam and momentum with the recent nod of Nigeria's National Assembly to the goal of creation of additional six states in the Federation. Earlier, a joint committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives approved the recommendation for the creation of…
By Owei Lakemfa A very dangerous situation has arisen in the world with the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, on October 31, 2025 deciding illegally, to reverse a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. This has not caught world attention. It has not hit internal headlines because there is a universal complicity. Almost all countries are afraid of…
Highly democratic countries consistently report lower levels of political corruption, especially in Europe. No countries in the dataset are rated as both highly democratic and highly corrupt. Authoritarian regimes show a wide range of corruption levels, but none approach the values achieved by democracies. How does the level of democracy in a country influence corruption?…
By Farooq A. Kperogi In Nigeria, elite oppression and callousness are often mostly abstract. Most people at the lower end of the social scale think and feel that many people in positions of power, comfortably ensconced in their sinecures, are haughty, self-impressed, and possessed of ice-cold disdain for them. But it is FCT Minister Nyesom…