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From long queues to doorstep delivery: Nigeria’s passport renewal goes digital in the UK

By Israel Fagbemigun For decades, renewing a Nigerian passport was synonymous with frustration.The process often involved repeated visits to immigration offices, hours spent in queues, uncertainty over timelines, and in some cases, allegations of unofficial payments to fast-track applications. For Nigerians living abroad, the experience could be even more demanding, requiring long-distance travel to embassies […]
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When silence speaks louder than govt: Nigeria’s crisis of public communication

By Moruff Adenekan One of the most overlooked challenges confronting governance in Nigeria today is not the absence of policies, programmes, or public officials willing to speak. It is the absence of effective strategic communication. Across federal, state, and local government institutions, communication is too often treated as an afterthought rather than an essential component of […]

Widening the net: Akpodoro’s case for bigger, broader mandate for Tantita in N’Delta

By Sunday A. Onyewonsa  When His Worship, Eshanekpe Israel Agimor speaks, the creeks listen. Popularly known as “Akpodoro,” the Head of the Association of Urhobo Mayoral Family Crown, AUMFC, and Mayor of Urhobo Land, carries the weight of two identities: an ex-militant leader who once knew the creeks as a theatre of conflict, and now a […]

PROTECTOR TO PARIAH (SUNDAY IGBOHO): The Robin Hood ARC in history 

By Toyin Akilo ‘’Every revolutionary ends up either a dictator or a corpse” –  ALBERT CAMUS The exploits of Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo AKA ‘Igboho Oosa’  is the stuff legends are manufactured.  In one fell swoop and with an authoritative ultimatum – 2 hours – yes, you heard me right, he did what Napoleon could not do […]

Osiki Na Kpa, the lawmaker who speaks with bills

By Ziakegha Peter  In the estimation of serious observers of legislative business worldwide, the benchmark for a great lawmaker is not access to power but the use of power to solve problems. By that standard, Rt. Hon. Dr. Julius Pondi deserves a seat in any conversation about the finest legislators of this generation.  Dr. Pondi, who […]

Innovation and healthcare: The significance of Hadejia’s new digital ecosystem

By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi For decades, technology and healthcare have largely evolved as separate development priorities in Nigeria. Yet, the future of sustainable national development increasingly lies at the intersection of these two critical sectors. That vision came to life in Hadejia, Jigawa State, with the inauguration of two landmark institutions designed to advance digital […]

The communication cost of governance: When the messenger becomes the story

By TONY USIDAMEN   Every government has two responsibilities. The first is to govern. The second is to help citizens understand what it is doing and why it is doing it. Success in the first does not automatically guarantee success in the second. Examples abound of governments that implemented difficult reforms but failed to carry the public […]

Facts, Not Fear: A Reply to Senator Ede Dafinone

By Godwin Anaughe Senator, your aide, Comrade Wilson Okorugbo, has put together a passionate defense of your record. I appreciate it — it shows that the original piece hit its target perfectly. However, a passionate defense doesn’t equate to a solid rebuttal, and what your camp has provided follows a familiar script: they talk extensively […]

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