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By Ahmed Maiyaki Three years after assuming office as Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani has steadily built a governance model anchored on inclusion, compassion, infrastructure renewal, economic revitalisation,…
May 31, 2026
· 7 min read
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The new Presiding Officer is walking the walk on Holyrood reforms - but this should be only the beginning, writes Stephen Kerr MSP
May 31, 2026
· 1 min read
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It is time for the powers that be to acknowledge the importance of data collection on sex, writes Professor Alice Sullivan
May 31, 2026
· 1 min read
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Many of the quilts I saw deserved to be hung in a museum or an art gallery. See them here.
May 30, 2026
· 1 min read
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Across boardrooms and policy circles, we spend considerable time discussing global shocks and their implications for Africa’s future.
May 29, 2026
· 6 min read
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I spent many hours in the basement
May 29, 2026
· 1 min read
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By Johnson Momodu There are moments when a single transaction reveals how seriously a nation values its own assets. The proposed sale of a 40 per cent stake in the…
May 28, 2026
· 5 min read
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By Abiodun Oladunjoye “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” – Eleanor…
May 28, 2026
· 4 min read
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Ghana's macroeconomic story in 2025 was, by many measures, a success. Inflation collapsed from 23.8% to 3.8%, the cedi appreciated 40.7% against the dollar, and the economy grew 6.0%, its…
May 28, 2026
· 5 min read
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On Monday, May 25, 2026, MTN Ghana sent a text message to millions of customers announcing a 0.75 percent fee on wallet-to-bank transfers, set to take effect on June 1,…
May 28, 2026
· 4 min read
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Hollywood wants to put its finger on the scale.
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
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This year, Nigeria and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam mark 50 years since diplomatic relations were established on 25th May 1976. What began as political solidarity between two post-colonial states…
May 27, 2026
· 6 min read
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“All the branches in a tree come from the same trunk.” Individuals, regardless of their role, build on the foundational principles and goals of the system in which they…
May 27, 2026
· 5 min read
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When Abia Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, stood before his audience recently, in Lagos, to deliver a lecture titled “Governing the Economy: Choices, Trade-offs, and National Priorities,” he did not reach…
May 27, 2026
· 5 min read
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Intolerance for dissenting viewpoints is a dominant theme on campuses that persists until the last diploma is handed out.
May 26, 2026
· 1 min read
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A project that was supposed to restore trust to the party instead undermined it.
May 26, 2026
· 1 min read
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The podcaster says he 'ruined' his life after three glasses of wine
May 26, 2026
· 4 min read
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Upgrading top-two keeps all the good things about Washington’s system, which is a huge advance over the party primaries that polarize most other states.
May 26, 2026
· 1 min read
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The clear question is Chamberlain or Churchill, Mr. President? Leer más
May 26, 2026
· 1 min read
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Over the last two months, Kwara State politics has gradually evolved into a sophisticated chessboard, where strategic calculations, silent alliances, political decoys, and subtle manoeuvres are unfolding behind the scenes.…
May 26, 2026
· 6 min read
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While government officials have often attributed recent outages to technical incidents, some critics suggest that these incidents may also point to deeper structural weaknesses within the power sector.
May 26, 2026
· 6 min read
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At a high-level dialogue organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) at the Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka on 28 April, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent…
May 26, 2026
· 10 min read
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Young people struggling through a housing crisis are unlikely to sympathise with royal complaints
May 26, 2026
· 4 min read
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During one of the darkest moments of the Second World War, Winston Churchill delivered a statement that would later become one of history’s most enduring reflections on political struggle and…
May 26, 2026
· 7 min read
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This piece is about the relationship between godfathers and godsons in Nigerian politics. Specifically, it is about the relationship between the three people mentioned in the headline, in relation to…
May 26, 2026
· 7 min read
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My aunt’s husband is dead. He died on the night of May 13 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. His death, according to my mother, was not really devastating. A…
May 25, 2026
· 7 min read
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Critics of private schools are going to be thrilled about this
May 25, 2026
· 4 min read
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The Navy helped turn one of the few places where its dead still rest in view of the living into a recreation stop.
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
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With AI, we must ask: “What makes a person genuinely human?” This begins to put into perspective what is required for serving humanity well with technology.
May 25, 2026
· 1 min read
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A simple question — what do you see when you look at plastic waste scattered in our environment — quickly turned into one of the most engaging conversations I have…
May 25, 2026
· 3 min read
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King Charles must be deeply frustrated that positive stories are instantly overshadowed by further accusations against his brother
May 25, 2026
· 4 min read
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In many developing countries, government spending priorities often spark public debate. In Ghana, one important question continues to arise in the healthcare sector: why is access to advanced diagnostic technology,…
May 25, 2026
· 5 min read
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The architecture of a nation’s digital economy relies entirely on the integrity of its regulatory frameworks. When the rules governing technological innovation are clear, predictable, and legally sound, Digital Public…
May 25, 2026
· 6 min read
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I recently had the privilege of participating in one of Russia’s major technology conferences, the “Digital Industry of Industrial Russia” (DIIR-2026).
May 25, 2026
· 2 min read
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By Vuyisile Msila Many of us have come to realise that the rise of Africa will continue to stall if we neglect our priorities as a continent. Africans who care…
May 25, 2026
· 7 min read
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When Prof. Ishaq Oloyede was named the tenth Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB in August 2016, I sent him an unusual text message. He didn’t reply immediately. Instead, he…
May 25, 2026
· 6 min read