The Tribe Before The Truth—Part 5
By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze From Dancing While Nigeria Drowns In Nigeria, truth is negotiable—but tribe is sacred. It does not matter what a man does, only where his mother was born. It does not matter how deeply he fails, so long as he shares your dialect, eats your food, and curses your enemies. Tribe is […]
Macron: Europe’s Freedom At Risk Like Never Before Since WWII
French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled an ambitious plan to bolster the country’s defence budget, warning that Europe is confronting its most severe security threat since the Second World War. Speaking to military personnel in Paris, Macron described the current geopolitical landscape as a decisive turning point. He proposed raising France’s defence budget by €3.5 […]
Opposition Reacts Strongly To Lagos APC’s LG Election Sweep
Opposition parties in Lagos have voiced strong objections to the outcome of Saturday’s local government elections, which saw the All Progressives Congress (APC) claim near-total dominance at the polls. Official results released by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) on Sunday revealed that the APC clinched all 57 chairmanship seats and won 375 out […]
Marketers Support Refineries Sale, Predict Cheaper Fuel
Oil marketers and key players in the petroleum sector have expressed strong support for the planned sale of Nigeria’s state-run refineries, but insist the process must be anchored on transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability. Speaking in separate interviews, the stakeholders argued that privatising the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries could finally break the monopolistic grip […]
PVC – The Permanent Voter’s Curse—Part 4
By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze From Dancing While Nigeria Drowns They told you it was power. They called it sacred, revolutionary, your divine weapon against tyranny. “Go and get your PVC,” they chanted from every pulpit, podium, and parody of activism. Your PVC—Permanent Voter’s Card—was your passport to change, they said. But they lied. Again. What […]
The Economics Of Hunger And Helicopters—Part 3
By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze From Dancing While Nigeria Drowns In Nigeria, poverty is not a crisis. It’s an asset—filed under “development opportunities,” padded into budget proposals, and converted into per diem on the way to yet another anti-poverty summit held in a five-star hotel. Here, starvation is not an emergency; it’s a line item. This […]
Agbada Diplomacy And Champagne Governance—Part 2
By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze From Dancing While Nigeria Drowns There is an unmistakable choreography to Nigerian governance—not one involving laws or logic, but something more elegant, more theatrical: the slow, majestic pirouette of an agbada. It is not governance; it is runway. In Nigeria, power does not walk. It floats—billowing in imported fabric and stitched […]
Okpebholo Set To Investigate Obaseki’s Administration
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has announced plans to investigate the tenure of former governor Godwin Obaseki. Okpebholo, who succeeded Obaseki after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2024, revealed that his administration would establish a Commission of Inquiry to scrutinise his predecessor’s performance and records. He made […]
NNPC CEO Hints At Possible Refinery Sale
Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, revealed on Thursday that the company is weighing the option of selling off some of its refineries amid persistent hurdles in their rehabilitation. Speaking with Bloomberg during the 9th OPEC International Seminar held in Vienna, Austria, Ojulari explained that NNPC is […]
Treaty Organization Raises Alarm Over Nuclear War Risk
Dr Robert Floyd, who serves as the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, has expressed deep concern over what he described as an alarming resurgence of rhetoric around nuclear weapons testing by global leaders. Speaking in Lagos on Thursday during a lecture at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Floyd characterised the recent […]
EFCC: Politicians Exploiting Crypto Wallets To Launder Money
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has warned that a rising number of corrupt politicians in Nigeria are now turning to cryptocurrency as a safe haven for their illicit wealth. Speaking on Thursday at an event marking Africa Anti-Corruption Day, Olukoyede explained that investigations have revealed a pattern where […]
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Move Stopped By Class-Action Suit
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, granting a lifeline to opponents of the controversial order as they test a new legal strategy following a major Supreme Court ruling. Last month, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority narrowed the power of individual judges to impose sweeping nationwide injunctions against […]