The Politics of Border Closure
The closure of Nigeria’s land borders to the movement of goods and persons, since October 2019, has understandably been generating intense debates amo
Thursday Column
Thursday Column
Much Ado about the Witchcraft Conference at UNN
I was quite pleased that the controversial International Conference on Witchcraft at the University of Nigeria, my alma mater, held as scheduled, desp
The Resurfacing of the Hate Speech Bill
Many Nigerians were taken aback on Tuesday, November 12 2019, when news filtered that the Hate Speech Bill, first introduced in March last year under
Buhari, Onitsha Fire Incident and the Power of Empathy
The recent Ochanja fire incident in Onitsha, in which a petrol laden tanker exploded into balls of fire after ramming into buildings in the Upper Iwek
Osinbajo: The Travails of a Vice President
This is not the best of times for the Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Since the beginning of Buhari’s second term in office, there has been sp