Friday Column

Friday Column

The North West Peace and Security Summit

This week, the governors of the North West Zone organised their inaugural peace and security summit in Katsina in collaboration with the United Nation

Galvanising elite consensus in Nigeria

On Thursday, the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies convened a methodology workshop on how to galvanise the Nigerian elite for n

Nigerians, where is the outrage?

I have said this before, one of my greatest fears about the future of Nigeria is our collective loss of the capacity for anger. The political class kn

Imperative of a return to policing Nigeria

Nigeria has not been policed for decades and the evidence to prove it is everywhere. Rural Nigeria and increasingly, urban Nigeria, are not governed s

Prof. Jinadu and the struggle against beaching electoral democracy

Last week, our mentor, friend and great advocate for electoral democracy, Prof. Adele Jinadu, celebrated his eightieth birthday (we share the same bir