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Journalism as it should be, By Sam Akpe

Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- Udom Inoyo, the former ExxonMobil chief, must be a fulfilled man. A few years ago, he came up with an extraordinary idea - that of instituting an award to boost investigative journ... Read More


The generation that refuses to give up, By Sunday Ogidigbo

Nigeria, Dec. 16 -- Nigeria weighs on the heart like an ancient city gate - leaning, creaking, weather-beaten, yet still standing by some strange mercy. And at the foot of that old gate stands a gener... Read More


Former CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead

Nigeria, Dec. 16 -- Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Tanko Muhammad is dead. He was aged 71. Born in Giade Local Government Area of Bauchi State in 1953, Mr Muhammad would have clocked 72 in 15... Read More


EDITORIAL: Benin: Arresting the contagion of coups in West Africa

Nigeria, Dec. 15 -- A foiled coup d'etat in Benin Republic on 7 December has re-ignited the growing concern about democratic retreat in West Africa. The country's president, Patrice Talon, survived by... Read More


Rivers Emergency Rule: Supreme Court strikes out PDP states' suit, backs Tinubu

Nigeria, Dec. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a suit challenging the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State earlier in the year. The emergency rule lapsed on 18 September, but the suit f... Read More


Increasing inequality in the Nigerian polity as a disincentive for investment, By Dipo Baruwa

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- Nigeria has often been described as an investment haven, anchored on its vast endowment of natural and human resources. The country possesses over 34 commercially viable mineral re... Read More


Big tech vs. the press: Google's UK "experiment" and the global threat to media freedom, By Shuaib S. Agaka

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- Big Tech has always excelled at disruption, but rarely does it disrupt an entire nation's media ecosystem with such confident audacity that the victims begin to wonder whether they... Read More


Nigeria can no longer pretend online violence against women is invisible, By Farida Adamu

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- When AI-generated nude images of singer Ayra Starr spread across X last month, the platform responded with remarkable indifference: no policy violated, nothing to see. Actress Kehi... Read More


Nostalgia, celebration as Qua Iboe Church Secondary School alumni return to give back

Nigeria, Dec. 14 -- There was an atmosphere of deep nostalgia, joy and celebration at Qua Iboe Church Secondary School, Ika Annang, on Friday, as members of the school's Alumni Association returned to... Read More


Donald Trump: The contradiction at the heart of a divided America, By Kayode Adebiyi

Nigeria, Dec. 13 -- Few figures in modern American history embody contradiction as vividly and publicly as Donald J. Trump. To some, he is a liberator, an unapologetic disruptor who says out loud what... Read More