Author: Anuoluwa Soneye
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Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio GCON is the President of the Nigerian Senate, Nigeria’s third most powerful office. He has never been convicted of any crime. He has also, as the EFCC itself confirmed in August 2018, never been formally cleared of any crime.
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On June 23, 2026, nearly six years after the EndSARS protests, a mother stood in a Lagos courtroom and wept when a sealed DNA report confirmed what she had maintained all along: the unidentified body tagged No. 1385 in the Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary was her son. His name was Pelumi Emmanuel Onifade. He was…
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On the Afropolitan Podcast, rapper Ycee said Nigeria is experiencing an Olodo Uprising, a cultural moment where ignorance is celebrated, viral behavior is rewarded, and intellectual achievement is quietly mocked. He said we are accommodating the unintelligent so hard that they have become the majority.
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Nigeria’s First Lady told women who had received Renewed Hope Initiative grants that starting an akara or kuli-kuli business does not take much money. She said it with confidence. She said it with warmth.
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Good governance requires empathy. Empathy requires proximity. Proximity requires that the people making decisions about the lives of ordinary Nigerians have at least some meaningful, unmediated contact with how ordinary Nigerians actually live.
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The Wike vs Fubara drama has produced genuine entertainment value for Nigerian social media. The Yerima video was extraordinary. The quotes have been quotable. The outrage has been episodic and genuine. But here is the thing about episodes: they end. The outrage fades. The next story comes. And Nyesom Wike remains Minister of the Federal…
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A mathematics teacher named Michael Oyedokun went to work in Oyo State and was beheaded on camera. His colleagues are still in captivity. Children who came to school that morning are still missing. And the National Security Adviser of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has called the people who did this “our brothers.” This is…
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The Electoral Act 2026 was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly on February 17, 2026. President Tinubu signed it into law the very next day. A law that took two years to debate was signed in under 24 hours. The question is not why the rush. The question is what, exactly, was being…
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On May 27, 2026, after Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Lagos, reporters asked President Tinubu about insecurity. Children from Oyo State were still in captivity. A teacher had been beheaded. His response was a theology lesson.
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A man facing N80 billion in money laundering charges was cleared by his party to run for the Senate. Another man under probe for N1.3 trillion allegedly went quiet after defecting to the ruling party. The president’s son was accused of paying Nigerians abroad to cheer. And the government says it is the citizens who…