Beyond The Surface

Beyond The Surface

The Borno succession model

President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Maiduguri, two weeks ago, foregrounded the people and politics of Borno State during his stay, and inspired wides

The Farouk Lawan story

For those of us who came of political age in the first administration of this Fourth Republic, Farouk Lawan was an assurance of a better tomorrow. At

Umahi’s Six-Vice-President solution

Governor Umahi’s position may strike us as ridiculous and thus hastily dismissed

Why I’m afraid of Nigeria’s break-up

I wrote this think-piece in June, 2017, as my contribution to the lingering debate then around the question of Biafra. In it, I underlined my reason f

Not because of one tweet

The speed with which Twitter was banned in Nigeria, just two days after censoring President Buhari’s tweet, has to be the fastest solution ever implem