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Monday Column by Mahmud Jega
Alausa, please take more steps
Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa’s announcement last Wednesday, that the federal government has approved a policy prohibiting recipients of...
Why not Renewed Hope primaries?
In 1976, when the peanut farmer and former Georgia State Governor Jimmy Carter was running as a dark horse candidate...
On being a freelance politician
Bauchi State Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Kauran Bauchi, best known for combative politics and acerbic rhetoric, suddenly made a rich...
Two chiefs in one village
Was it wise of Governors Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State and Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, with the 2027 election...
INEC as Strait of Hormuz
Imagine the political space in Nigeria to be the Persian Gulf, 989 kilometres long and 336 kms at its widest...
Consensus is a political kill joy
There was a lot of colour at weekend’s 8th national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. “Ruling” here...
This happiness index is dubious
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and your partners, this 2026 World Happiness Report which you published to mark the...
Who is a party member?
The latter-day, afterthought, logic-challenged, enforcement-bereft amendment to the Electoral Act 2026 passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday last...
It’s all about context
Since Friday evening when Mehdi Hasan’s Head to Head interview with Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication Barrister...
World where might is right
We had many interesting stories of our own in Nigeria last week, which were worth commenting on, but going into...