Female Genital Schistosomiasis and the Politics of Neglect: Why Universal Health Coverage Must Confront Gendered Blind Spots
For centuries, medicine has treated pain differently depending on whose body it lives in. When a man falls ill and cannot work, the problem is seen as economic. It affects productivity. Therefore, solutions are pursued. When a woman experiences pain…
Africa Must Boycott the 2026 World Cup to Confront US Complicity in Gaza
In a powerful opinion article published on Al Jazeera, columnist Tafi Mhaka argues that African nations must stage a coordinated boycott of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted primarily by the United States. Mhaka draws a direct parallel to the 1976 African…
E-Transmission: The Illusion of Victory
The furore behind the e-tranmission of electoral results may be loud but apparently, if one reads between the lines, hasn’t achieved much. Sigh. In the architecture of democracy, the transfer of power is not merely a procedure, it is a sacrament of…
Can Funke Akindele Dance for us? – Duke of Shomolu
Funke Akindele, the figures are astounding. Over 4b in ticket sales for three movies, making her the biggest money-making machine in the 3rd largest film industry in the world. She has beaten even the biggest movie makers in the world who are shy of…
Men, Ejaculate and Live – By Duke of Shomolu
FOI: This is a very uncomfortable conversation about Prostate Cancer as written by Duke of Shomolu …… It is now official. We have to have ejaculate 21 times a month to survive and avoid prostate cancer. Once a Nigerian male crosses 50, his…
RT.HON.Yusuf Adamu Gagdi,PhD,OON: Redefining Power And Legislation in a Nigerian Democracy
RT.Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi is an Unusual Statesman who has inevitably navigated his way from a humble Qur’anic School in rural Plateau State to the Hallowed Chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly.He is a second-term Lawmaker building a legacy not of…
Trump’s Greenland Gambit is Drizzling
It reads like a rejected Tom Clancy plot: a U.S. president declares his intent to “own” Greenland, musing about doing it “the easy way or the hard way,” while the world stares in disbelief. Yet, this is not fiction. It is the startling reality of a…
Logic and Truth: A Brief Meditation – By Bolutife Oluwadele
Logic is one of humanity’s proudest inventions. It gives structure to thought, discipline to argument, and clarity to confusion. It is the scaffolding upon which ideas are built. Yet, for all its elegance, logic remains a tool, powerful, yes, but still…
Maduro, Noriega and death – By Festus Adedayo
This Article was published by The Cable on January 4, 2026 Yesterday, President Donald Trump unleashed his fury on the South American country of Venezuela. Woken to Trump’s tweet on his Truth Social that the US had carried out a ‘large-scale strike’…
Can Nigeria Choose Discipline Over Chaos in 2026?
Nigeria. My God! Let’s be blunt. The question isn’t should Nigeria be harder in 2026, but will it have the courage to be? Each year, the cycle repeats: new promises against an old backdrop of lack. Lack of light, lack of roads, lack of governance…