As a proud Nigerian who believes in this nation’s greatness, I am often astonished when some northern political leaders lament against President Tinubu while clamoring for yet another northern presidency in 2027. This demand comes so soon after Buhari’s eight years in power, a period during which opportunistic politicians exploited an ailing leader and squandered Nigeria’s wealth. To insist on reclaiming the presidency for the north in 2027 is, to say the least, suffocating. Despite...

Words matter. Throughout history, words have been used as weapons, carefully chosen and deliberately deployed to dehumanize, demonize, marginalize, stereotype, and ultimately destroy. From the apartheid regime in South Africa to the Holocaust in Europe to Jim Crow in the United States, language has always been the prelude to violence. In Nigeria, the scars of the Biafran war and the massacre of Igbos in the 1970s remain fresh reminders that ethnic stigmatization is never innocent....