Friday Column

Friday Column

Trust Dialogue on the 2023 Presidential Agenda

Yesterday, I participated in the Annual Trust Dialogue on the theme of interrogating the 2023 Presidential Agenda. In his opening remarks, the chair o

Mudslinging intensifies as the elections approach

Finally, the campaign is getting intense and exciting. Surprisingly, the current round is taking place in  faraway Chatham House in London as key cand

Policy making as make belief

Nigerian policymakers and implementors love fiction, and we as citizens play along. I just remembered that our next census is going to be in April, im

The Sahel and the return of the military

The political landscape in the Sahel started changing dramatically in 2020 with the return of the military.  It took a dramatic turn in Chad with the

Bye 2022

Civics and the Words and Deeds of a Nigerian Politician was the title of my column of 18th March 2022. The theme was the state of wisdom in Nigeria is