Coups and the spectre of military rule in West Africa
It has been a bad week for West Africa with the third coup in five months. It started in Chad, then Mali and now Guinea. Maybe the most ominous sign o
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That is someone’s child
Someone recently posted disturbing photographs of a young girl – she looked about 10 years old, whose bare back was a map of lacerations from the whip
Politics of eligible customer in the power sector
By Abdullahi Umar The rigmarole of policies in the Nigerian power sector now signals a time for caution and reflection prior to taking the next
Possible scenarios on the road to 2023
Cauging by current happenings in the polity, it is safe to bet that the 2023 election, if it comes to be, will result in yet another monumental politi
In praise of might and the decimation of bandits
My column last week, ‘A Horde of Uniformed Beggars’ drew quite a few reactions from the generality of Nigerians who have been harassed by uniformed pe