Monday Column

Monday Column

Separatist terrorism in the South East

Two things are happening simultaneously in south eastern Nigeria right now. On the one hand, separatists and other unknown groups are busy burning pol

More elections, please!

In an article-length and widely remediated post on Facebook, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, alleges tha

Buhari blinks at Blinken

President Buhari’s body language in response to the worsening security situation in Nigeria is generally stoic indifference. No doubt the frequency an

Nigeria’s army of 50 million

When the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said a few weeks ago that the Federal Government of Nigeria shou

Nigeria’s next accidental President?

What does it really take to become president in Nigeria? One answer, which holds the imagination of many, is happenstance. In a 2014 paper on leadersh