Line of Sight

Line of Sight

The political and social anatomy of the Angwan Rukuba massacre

On Sunday night, some armed men appeared at the heart of Angwan Rukuba in Jos and started shooting. When they left, dozens of people lay dead. Police

The script does not change, only the cast does

Crowds gathered, chanting, cheering and pledging allegiance to the man being the defendant facing a pile-on of a plethora of government agencies and a

Ethnopolitics is more dangerous to Nigeria than insecurity

Nigeria is swimming in a broth of palava. That is not rocket science; it is the commonest of common senses. Just this week alone, Boko Haram killed 23

Bwala’s bulala

At a crucial time when Nigeria is facing massive security threats and one of the greatest public relations battles it has had to deal with since its a

The politics of financing terror

The world has gone loco again. As the Middle East burns, torched by a completely needless war pursued with impunity and little regard for regional sta