Opinion & Columns

Sharia, Secularism and Political Manipulation in Nigeria

 By:  Dr. Austin Orette Nigeria is a constitutional democracy founded on the principle of secular governance. In my view, democracy and the institutionalization of Sharia as a national legal framework are fundamentally incompatible. Those who seek to replace Nigeria’s constitutional order with a religious legal system should first confront the …

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THE COST OF POLITICAL LOYALTY

By: Emmanuel Kanayo ‎Loyalty is the anthem of politics. Praised on podiums, sung in campaigns, demanded in whispers.  ‎For many, it has become a life sentence served in silence. ‎This is the untold political economy of sacrifice — the story of men and women who paid not with slogans, but …

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Tension between China and Taiwan

By Isidoros Karderinis The relations between China and Taiwan are constantly tense since their de facto separation in 1949 and are causing tension in relations between Beijing and Washington. On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing. The nationalist forces of …

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