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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…
November 18, 2025
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.…
November 17, 2025
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…
November 16, 2025
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…
November 16, 2025
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…
November 15, 2025
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?…
November 15, 2025
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…
November 15, 2025
Key Takeaways Liechtenstein’s GDP per capita has grown by $67,713 since 2020, the largest absolute gain globally. Guyana saw the sharpest percentage increase in GDP per capita, surging 351% in five years, fueled by its rapidly expanding oil industry. Since 2020, U.S. GDP per capita has grown by $25,081, the seventh-highest increase in the world.…
November 14, 2025
By Farooq Kperogi A social media contact familiar with Lt. A.M. Yerima reached out to me after my last update to say that the young man is not, as I had suggested, the scion of an upper-crust military family. His evidence was convincing. Yet many claims, including those circulated by popular AI chatbots such as…
November 14, 2025
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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…
November 18, 2025
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.…
November 17, 2025
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…
November 16, 2025
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…
November 16, 2025
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…
November 15, 2025
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?…
November 15, 2025
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…
November 15, 2025
Key Takeaways Liechtenstein’s GDP per capita has grown by $67,713 since 2020, the largest absolute gain globally. Guyana saw the sharpest percentage increase in GDP per capita, surging 351% in five years, fueled by its rapidly expanding oil industry. Since 2020, U.S. GDP per capita has grown by $25,081, the seventh-highest increase in the world.…
November 14, 2025
By Farooq Kperogi A social media contact familiar with Lt. A.M. Yerima reached out to me after my last update to say that the young man is not, as I had suggested, the scion of an upper-crust military family. His evidence was convincing. Yet many claims, including those circulated by popular AI chatbots such as…
November 14, 2025
