By Hassan Gimba

Endgame. A seven-letter word that sounds like the last beat of a drum in a musical piece. Endgame! A word that conjures the image of two Goliaths strutting about, intent on choking the life out of a David. Yet, in this instance, David appears to have pinned the Goliaths to the wall. Endgame! A word with two seemingly contradictory meanings: a game and an end. A loaded word that promises a finale, the fulfilment of an ultimate goal or the culmination of a long-term plan.

By Dan Ndukwe

Behind some perfect profiles and irresistible offers are fraudsters waiting for unsuspecting victims. Stay vigilant. Verify before you trust. Stay safe.

By Azu Ishiekwene

It was painful to watch him outside No.10 on Monday. Despite his immaculate suit and well-groomed hair, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer looked like he was facing a public execution.

By Azu Ishiekwene

Vice President Kashim Shettima cannot be blamed for having doubts about whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would renominate him as his running mate for a second term.

By C. Don Adinuba

This has been the toughest birthday tribute I have attempted to scribble. A lot of wonderful things have been penned about Bart Nnaji whose birthday both Nigerians from all walks of life and foreigners we are celebrating this weekend in Enugu, and they are true. He is absolutely a wonderful person, near superhuman. World-class achievers are like that, except that many are not as caring and humane and generous and egalitarian as he is.

By NNL Correspondent

South Africa has been crowned the world's most generous nation for everyday kindness, empathy, and emotional support. But a fierce debate is raging across social media: is the spirit of Ubuntu—the profound African philosophy of shared humanity—still alive, or is it "on pause"?

​By Max AMUCHIE | The Sunday Stew

​The Three-Month Sprint was initially conceived as a two-part series.

​In the first part, I journeyed back to the formative moments that shaped my intellectual vocation, from a chance discovery of Sigmund Freud in the University of Calabar Library to the enduring influence of Edward Said and Antonio Gramsci. The essay explored how a journalist's persistent quest to understand why Nigeria persistently bleeds eventually produced three original frameworks that have now entered global scholarly discourse.

By Dan Ndukwe

State police might mean safer neighborhoods. But can Nigeria's institutions and shared values hold firm against the centrifugal forces a more decentralized model might unleash?

• How Governor Peter Mbah Is Redefining Security, Justice And The Future of Criminal Investigation In Nigeria

By Dr. Collins Ogbu, Esq.

History is often written not only through elections won or roads commissioned, but through bold ideas that fundamentally alter the trajectory of society. On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at the serene campus of Godfrey Okoye University, Ugwuomu Nike, Enugu, history found another defining moment.

By Hassan Gimba

This is the concluding part of this write-up, originally published on April 25, 2022. Following the publication of parts one and two over the past two weeks, I have revisited this article because its message remains as relevant and timely today as it was when it was first published. Only that it is now: "No one is safe", not only "Nowhere", with generals being killed on the roads (read General Alkali), abducted from their fortified homes (read General Tsafe), or whisked away on highways (read General Rabe), and killed in the bushes, not while on active service or as Prisoners of War (POWs), but as shackled captives.

By Bolanle Bolawole

Someone accosted me recently and asked the question: Why are you Yoruba always the troublers of Nigeria? And my mind immediately went to the same question King Ahab had asked Prophet Elijah in the Bible! “And it came to pass, when (King) Ahab saw (Prophet) Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he (Elijah) answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim” (1 Kings 18: 17 & 18). So, you can guess the answer I gave my accuser who, incidentally, hails for the arch-conservative North.

By Bola Bolawole

Last week, the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo, OON, SAN, made a very powerful case for state policing, insisting it is the panacea for the insecurity fast enveloping the entire country.