The challenge of ethnic federalism
In 2003, I wrote an essay drawing lessons for Africa from the collapse of ethnic federalism in Yugoslavia and other parts of the former Soviet Bloc. T
Friday Column
Friday Column
YIMA SEN and radical politics in Nigeria
Today, I offer a short tribute to our great comrade, friend and compatriot Yima Sen, who was buried last weekend. Yima was an elegant person, soft-spo
How to restructure Nigeria (II)
This restructuring through the multiplication of states has produced a Jacobin effect
How to restructure Nigeria
On 30th June 2017, the column from yours truly was entitled: “No Need to Fight: Restructuring is the basis of happiness” I urged the government to est
#EndSARS, the precariat and Nigeria’s political sociology
The genie is out of the bottle and henceforth the new normal is that youth agency, both positive and negative, will determine the course of events in