Niger coup: Defending democracy or combating French neo-colonialism
The ECOWAS emergency summit yesterday started well. Chairman Bola Tinubu in his opening remarks called for a focus on the use of diplomatic channels a
Friday Column
Friday Column
Niger: Apply pressure BUT stop the countdown to war
Last Sunday, at its 51st Extraordinary Summit in Abuja, ECOWAS announced a series of resolutions that would guide its action towards the restoration o
Coup in Niger: Not again
The Wednesday coup in Niger finally succeeded at midnight with soldiers announcing on national TV the dissolution of the Constitution, Parliament and
President Tinubu and the construction of democratic resilience in West Africa
At the ECOWAS Summit in Bissau on July 9, 2023, President Bola Tinubu was elected Chairman of ECOWAS. In his acceptance speech, he warned….
Tearing at the seams: Nigeria loses belief in the common good
In these strange times, the story of the Nigerian State is daily written in the crime pages of our newspapers and broadcasts. One set of stories that