Friday Column

Friday Column

Sexual harassment as academic license: Arresting the rot in our universities

This week, the University of Ibadan inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate claims of sexual misconducts and harassments of students on the cam

Brexit, English tribalism and difficult future for European democracy

I wrote a column on Brexit on 27th June 2016 trying to describe the spectre haunting Europe since 1992 related to the on-going transition from the Wes

Celebrating the African Story at the Kaduna Book and Arts Festival (KABAFEST) 2019

This week I’m at the Kabafest2019 in Kaduna for the simple reason that I enjoyed last year’s edition and came for more. Kabafest has become important

Nigeria: The injustice-pressure cooker must not burst

This week, Agnes Callamard, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions published her end of visit report

Security and Development Challenges in the Sahel

This week, I was in Niamey, Niger Republic for a scholarly conference on the state of knowledge on security and development challenges confronting the