Emmanuel Okogba

Between Trump’s “Genocide” claim and the NYT’s Onitsha trader narrative

By YUSHAU SHUAIB Public debate in Nigeria is increasingly shaped not just by facts but also by emotion, identity, and organised outrage. My recent short Facebook post reacting to The New York Times, NYT, report on an Onitsha-based trader and activist triggered an avalanche of hostile responses — many from individuals identifying as Igbo and largely

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FG’s ban on admission into SS3: Orderly reform or punitive policy?

The recent reaffirmation of the blanket ban on admission of students directly into Senior Secondary School Three, SSS3, the final class before the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WAEC, and National Examination Council, NECO, by the Federal Government, has ignited concern across Nigeria’s education sector. Authorities insist the policy is designed to protect academic

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Beyond the podium: The new rules of executive presence, by Ruth Oji

Imagine standing before a room of high-stakes stakeholders. You’ve memorized your data, your slides are polished, and your suit is tailored. Yet, before you speak a single word, the room has already decided whether to follow you or merely tolerate you. In our increasingly digital and distracted world, we often forget that communication is a physical

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Ikechukwu Amaechi

Tinubu’s globetrotting: Matters arising, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

When President Bola Tinubu stumbled and fell on Tuesday as he walked alongside the President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a welcome ceremony in Ankara, his spin doctors went into overdrive in explaining away the incident. That was expected. But in doing so, they lied. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy,

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