Friday Column

Friday Column

The President and the Electoral Bill 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially written to the National Assembly, indicating rejection of his assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 20

Jollof rice, ceebu jen and the Rice War

Today, I am recycling my article on jollof rice published in August 2015. The occasion is the announcement by UNESCO yesterday that they have enlisted

COVID-19 moves and Omicron concerns

It has been a difficult two weeks for me as I travelled to Niger Republic for a conference on “Conversations on the Sahel” and on my return was diagno

Fuel subsidy removal: A tricky policy response to win 2023

By Nasir Aminu   Last week, the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) announced that fuel subsidies wou

Sahel conversations: Managing crisis and planning for a future

This week, I was in Niamey for a conference structured around a series of conversations about crisis management and seeking for a positive future for