Friday Column

Friday Column

Is there a plot to scuttle the Electoral Amendment Bill?

I am beginning to see signs of evolving plans to stop the president from signing the Electoral Amendment Bill and I seriously hope that I am wrong. On

Enablers of the return of the military in West Africa

The current democratic transition in West Africa started in the early 1990s. At the formal level, it led to the establishment of constitutional rule a

African politics: Return of the military

The military seized power in Burkina Faso on Monday, ousting the country’s democratically elected President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. I was in a co

Lack of respect: How our politicians speak to us

We now know that the so-called National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, wants to be the president of all Nigerians

The private university as enterprise: Limits of academic capitalism

Last week, I attended a Convening on Higher Education in Africa, organised by Prof Toyin Falola of the University of Texas. The conference held at Bab