Democracy is more than an election-day ritual. It is a shared promise that ordinary people can choose their leaders without fear, that opponents can compete without being threatened, and that disagreements can be settled at the ballot box rather than in the streets. That promise is now being tested in Nigeria. With the 2027 general elections still some distance away, the National Peace Committee (NPC) has stepped forward with a sober warning: the signs are not good. In a statement jointly signed by its chairman, former Head of State Retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and its co-convener, Most Reverend Matthew Kukah,…

The recent knife attacks at two Polish schools have left the entire country shaken, and in the midst of that shock, Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has issued a stark warning: Russia is trying to turn heartbreak into chaos. What makes this moment even more painful is that Poland, often counted among the safest countries in the European Union, has suddenly had to confront a burst of violence that feels deeply alien to its everyday life. Within two days, students and staff at schools in the Mazovia region, northeast of Warsaw, were attacked, leaving one person dead and more than…