Friday Column

Friday Column

Nigeria’s shrinking civic space

I was alarmed when three days ago, the Nigerian military warned politicians and soldiers against any military coup in the country.

AFRICOM, Nigeria’s leadership and American hegemony

Those of us of a certain age, ALL, recollect with pride, the moment we heard our Head of State, Murtala Mohammed declare to the world that: “Africa ha

Deby’s death, security in the Lake Chad Basin and democracy

Chad’s security forces ruthlessly cracked down on protesters and the political opposition in the lead-up to the country’s April 11, 2021 presidential

Respect our elite consensus: Give us (True) federalism

The First Republic failed because there was a feeling that true federalism had been seriously undermined by the creation of the Mid West, the impositi

We must stop the drift towards anarchy

Yesterday, I gave the lead paper at a National Town Hall Meeting organised by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, at Kaduna State U