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Chidimma Nwaka
Who is Chidimma Nwaka? Chidimma Placid Nwaka, popularly known by her creative brand name Chidimma Writes, is a Nigerian writer,…
THE TRUE BATTLE FOR NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY: WHY ELECTORAL REFORMS HAVE FAILED TO RETURN POWER TO THE PEOPLE FULLY
By Ibrahim Bunu Ibrahimbuni2520@gmail.com Since Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999, nearly every major election cycle has produced one constant…
The major challenge of Nigeria is a government that’s acting like an opposition and an opposition that’s acting like a government
by Mohammed Bello Doka 28 May, 2026. There is a bizarre role reversal unfolding in Nigeria, and it is not…
THE COMING POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE IN NIGERIA: WHAT 2027 MAY BRING
By Ibrahim Bunu Ibrahimbunu2520@gmail.com Nigeria is gradually entering one of the most dangerous and complicated political seasons since 1999. Beneath…
Colonial Legacies and the Southern Cameroons Question
By Okoi Obono-Obla In 1884–1885, the European powers of the era — Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal…
Insecurity: What do we make of fiddling, sleeping and snoring South-west leaders?
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 (Published in TREASURES column in the New Telegraph newspaper of…
Marginalisation and the Politics of the Eastern Region: The Forgotten Struggles of Calabar, Ogoja, and Rivers
By Okoi Obono-Obla It is now 59 years since the defunct South Eastern State (today’s Akwa Ibom and Cross River…
The Class of 1999: Nigeria’s Democratic Pioneers
By Okoi Obono-Obla 29 May 1999 was a bright, sunny day in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. Across Abuja, the…
The New Scramble for the Sahel: Nigeria Gambles on a US Alliance to Avert Regional Collapse
by Mohammed Bello Doka 28 May, 2026. On a quiet Tuesday in March 2026, multiple MQ-9 Reaper drones began operating…
Nigeria’s Debt Profile in the African Context: My Research Findings
By Okoi Obono-Obla The furore, outcry, and hullabaloo generated by the controversy over borrowing by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration,…

