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Day: August 12, 2026

Social Media, much more than fines, by Okoh Aihe

The hefty fine of $940m placed on Meta in New Mexico has retained Social Media in the centre of unwanted discourse and concerned efforts by jurisdictional authorities to deal with a menace that threatens today as well as the future of nations since the young ones are mostly affected in a world that seems to be…

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A fight to the finish in Osun, by Rotimi Fasan

In concluding my piece here two weeks ago on the Osun State governorship election that is scheduled to hold on Saturday this week, I had suggested that Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke had successfully skirted around the political landmine represented by the federal might that could have been deployed against him to threaten his chances in…

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International law, international community, the West and the rest of us (I), by Usman Sarki

International law, otherwise known in its older and nobler description as the law of nations, is often presented as the great civilising compact of mankind. It is spoken of as though it were a sacred moral canopy beneath which all nations, large and small, powerful and weak, rich and poor, are equally sheltered. Its language…

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What’s FG’s business with Almajiri “education”? By Ochereome Nnanna

A couple of weeks ago, a friend from Abuja sent me an article on the armed atrocities of the various Northern-bred jihadist groups, especially Fulani terrorists masquerading as herdsmen. We got talking about it, and he said, by the grace of God, a good leader would come “fix” Nigeria. I laughed at him and told him,…

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Stop Fulani ethnic militia or break up Nigeria

By MICHAEL OWHOKO For how long shall the rest of the country look on while Fulani ethnic militia trouble the peace of Nigeria? Why are Fulani terror groups spreading fear, causing pain and inflicting psychological trauma on Nigerians through deliberate, calculated and organised acts of kidnapping, torture, rape and killing? What exactly do they want, and…

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