*By Richard Ikiebe Public debate about Nigeria’s future has grown increasingly crowded with competing prescriptions. Two of the suggested remedies dominate the discourse: the demand for outright dissolution and the call for a Sovereign National Conference. Both are emotionally and politically potent. Neither is constitutionally valid, logically sustainable, nor practicallyContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Abuja: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the United Mexican States. The spokesperson of the ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, theContinue Reading
By Richard Ikiebe Nigerian politicians, as presently selected and incentivised, are structurally oriented toward extraction and survival, not toward the long-term state-building the country urgently needs. What does Nigeria lack in politics that can reform and rebuild our ship of state? Since 1999, Nigerians have voted repeatedly, witnessed largelyContinue Reading
By Sylvester Udemezue (1). *Background: The build-up to the 2027 general elections appears, regrettably, to be assuming a troubling and potentially dangerous dimension. Earlier today, while briefly browsing Facebook, I encountered a page where numerous commentators, many of them apparently from the South-East, were directing harsh abuses, curses, andContinue Reading
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced the arrival of about 100 United States military personnel and associated equipment at Bauchi Airfield. The Director Defence Information (DDI), Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba, confirmed the arrival of the US troops in a statement on Monday. Uba said the personnel are technical specialists serving strictly inContinue Reading
Confirming that he was recently in Nigeria, United States lawmaker, Senator Riley Moore said he held several high-level meetings with government officials and other key stakeholders. Confirming that he was recently in Nigeria, United States lawmaker, Senator Riley Moore said he held several high-level meetings with government officials andContinue Reading
By The Federal Government has declared that any violence framed along religious lines will be treated as a direct attack on the Nigerian state, reaffirming that the protection of all citizens—Christians, Muslims, and adherents of other faiths—is non-negotiable. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, made the statement at theContinue Reading
*PRESS RELEASE More than eighty Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and leaders have expressed “grave concern and deep alarm” over American airstrikes on the Nigerian territory on Christmas Day, and “the troubling silence, absence, and abdication of responsibility by Nigeria’s political and military leadership.” “This event raises fundamental questions about sovereignty, constitutionalContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, 9 December, declared a state of emergency across the region, the first time since the regional bloc was formed in May 1975. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, announced during the 55th SessionContinue Reading
