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APC, Beware the Ides of March, by Hassan Gimba

APC, Beware the Ides of March, by Hassan Gimba The Arbiter “When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.” –...

Public intellectuals, the Nigerian left and blind spots, by Osmund Agbo

The tone often strikes whimsical when a political activist like Omoleye Sowore is reminded that his reward is in paradise. That is to the...

Africa and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, by Azu Ishiekwene

Conversation with Azu War is messy and never fails to spread responsive misery. When Adolf Hitler asked for safe passage to East Prussia through the...

APC: Dribbling itself to score an own goal, by Kazeem Akintunde

APC: Dribbling itself to score an own goal, by Kazeem Akintunde The late soccer legend, Diego Armando Maradona, at the peak of his football career,...

Putin’s love for the Russian Roulette, by Osmund Agbo

It was nerve-racking for a 37-year-old lieutenant colonel Vladimir Putin as he watched angry crowds overrun the sprawling Stasi compound, the inner sanctum of...

Unpacking the changing faces of Terror in Nigeria, by Osmund Agbo

“The northwest’s problem is not ungoverned spaces as wonks like to say, but spaces governed by criminal sovereigns.” - James Barnett Bandits, Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah...

Truth as a casualty in Nigeria’s widening fault lines, by Osmund Agbo

Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore continues to be celebrated globally as an economic miracle of the 21st century. “From Third World to First: The Singapore...

Cowardly Nnamdi Kanu and the Rise of Yahooism, by Hassan Gimba

Cowardly Nnamdi Kanu and the Rise of Yahooism, by Hassan Gimba The Arbiter I once had cause to quote Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s 1980 hit song, “Authority...

Rihanna Fenty, Kanye West and Black America’s burgeoning nouveau riche, by Osmund Agbo

Since earlier this week, the internet has been buzzing relentlessly, with no plans to let up. There is this news about a certain young...

Re: El-Rufa’i vs ABU: How not to give back to Alma Mater, by Prof. MK Othman

Re: El-Rufa’i vs ABU: How not to give back to Alma Mater, by Prof. MK Othman Since the year 2020 when this column debuted, none...

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