Oil theft and collapse of the Nigerian rentier state
On Tuesday, Thisday newspaper carried a disturbing headline. Nigeria’s petrol subsidy bill is skyrocketing this year and by the end of December, the t
Friday Column
Friday Column
ASUU and the limits of permanently winning the argument
On Monday, ASUU declared to extend the strike it commenced on 14th February 2022 because: “The demands of the Union had not been satisfactorily addres
Key issues in Africa’s democratic journey
Wishing General IBB a happy 81st birthday I was the keynote speaker at General Ibrahim Babangida’s Legacy Dialogue yesterday speaking on the theme of
The 2022 Kenya elections
On August 9, 2022, Kenya held its 7th general elections since the return of constitutional multi-party democracy. The big story was that President Ke
Ethnic profiling and rising terrorism: Equal opportunity operations
This week, there was a big story. Some of the perpetrators of the massacre at the Owo Catholic Church were arrested and sadly, that is not the big sto