September 15, 2026
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Illegal Mining As Fuel For Kidnapping In Nigeria

By Kazeem Akintunde When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came into power three years ago, he shocked many Nigerians by appointing one of his trusted aides, Dele Alake, as Minister of Solid Minerals Development. Alake was a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos state under Tinubu between 1999 and 2007. Alake’s background as a […]
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The Arbiter: Of Banditry and a Shared Sovereignty (2)

By Hassan Gimba This piece was first published in May 2022. It remains as pertinent today as it was then, given the worsening insecurity currently facing the country. Sovereignty, this eleven-lettered word, is a political concept. The concept defines dominant power. Or the supreme authority. Wikipedia says “it is the defining authority within individual consciousness, […]