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The political foundations of inequality in Nigeria

Nigeria’s inequality problem is often framed as a failure of policy. Yet it is more accurately a feature of how power works. What appears, on the surf

Wike’s PDP: An undesirable electoral position

If you stand in the middle of the road, you will get run over by a truck —Margaret Thatcher   The once-largest political party in Africa is now c

Open for business, rooted in partnership: President Tinubu’s historic UK state visit

The last time a Nigerian leader paid a state visit to the United Kingdom, 70 per cent of Nigeria’s current population were not yet born. That 1989 vis

How the North betrayed itself and Nigeria

If the late Premier of Northern Nigeria Sardauna of Sokoto Sir Ahmadu Bello, late Prime Minister of Nigeria Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, late Mallam Aminu

Sultan Attahiru I, Ali Khamenei: A tale of two murders, lesson for Muslim world

When I was a child, my grandmother often told stories about the great history of the Sokoto Caliphate. One story stayed with me for many years. It was