The White Paper

The White Paper

2023 Presidential Election: The future in the present

By this time next month, the campaign season would have commenced officially. New provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 require that campaigns start n

Long-form journalism and cultural depth

I don’t know how long it will take us in Nigeria to understand that bad journalism is worse than bad government. But that viral video of a morning sho

Tinubu and the ‘checkpoint security’ factor

How did former President Goodluck Jonathan lose the 2015 election? And what lessons should the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presiden

Nigeria must rise against Babachir Lawal and Yakubu Dogara

All well-meaning Nigerians must rise up against the blatant, dangerous and inflammatory mix of religion and politics now being spearheaded by former S

On Tinubu-Shettima: Who’s afraid of a Nigerian-Nigerian ticket?

My piece last week on the pairing of former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shet