Understanding children’s behaviour is more complicated than many people assume. Educators, who are the daily guardians of children’s lives, face the daunting task of managing complex, often bizarre behaviours while navigating strict confidentiality and so...

There is now a grim pattern to the recurring episodes of violence in South African townships: armed youths pounding storefront pavements, targeting immigrant shopkeepers and workers for harassment, and displacement....

The Nigerian political landscape has long been criticised for lacking ideological depth. Many citizens believe the average politician is driven less by conviction than by convenience, moving from one party to another without hesitation or philosophical co...

Every few years, the flames of Afrophobia erupt in South Africa and the Nigerian public square performs the same ritual. First comes condemnation. South Africans are cast as “pathologically xenophobic,” incapable of distinguishing oppressor from victim....

A disclosure first: I have not yet read General Yakubu Gowon's newly published memoir, My Life of Duty and Allegiance. The reflection that follows is drawn from the public presentation of the book in Abuja on 19 May 2026, from Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah'...

Across much of Africa, students are taught and schools appear to be functioning, classrooms are full and examination halls remain crowded. There is the delusion that education is intact. More young people are entering universities than at any other point ...

Nigeria is a country that celebrates visibly and enthusiastically. Roads are commissioned with fanfare, policies are announced with optimism, and intervention programmes are unveiled with media attention as evidence of national progress. ...

“Nigeria is a country endowed with immense Human Resources and an unmatched intellectual elite.” This statement was made by former South African President Thabo Mbeki in 2003 during discussions surrounding the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEP...