Opinion

On Faith, Fiction and the Facts: Nigeria Will Not Be Lectured

  By O’tega Ogra   Following renewed claims from certain Western voices, including United States Senator Ted Cruz and television host Bill Maher, alleging “Christian persecution” in Nigeria, O’tega Ogra, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital Engagement and Strategy, offers this measured response. It reflects the growing insistence[Read More…]

Akpabio–Akpoti-Uduaghan sexual harassment allegations: A test case for Nigeria’s politics and judiciary

    Teddy Onyjuwe   The storm currently shaking Nigeria’s Senate began quietly on December 8, 2023, when Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, paid a visit to the residence of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. According to her, that encounter morphed into one of unwanted sexual advances. The[Read More…]