Tag: Nigeria’s insecurity
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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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et us begin with the man who said the quiet part out loud. General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former military Head of State from 1993 to 1998, is not a figure widely celebrated for his democratic credentials. But he is credited with one statement that has aged with a precision that should make every Nigerian deeply…
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A mathematics teacher named Michael Oyedokun was beheaded in Oyo State on May 17, 2026. Two other kidnapped victims appeared on video begging for their lives. Nigerians expressed outrage for about 48 hours. Then they went back to arguing about a celebrity’s personal life. This is political apathy in Nigeria, and it is not a…