Heating up the national security state
TWO weeks ago, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Labour and Productivity minister, Emeka Wogu warned the Nigeria labour movement not to “overheat the system”,
Interrogating the roots of Northern crises
THIS week, an emergency meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, held in Kaduna. These are not the best of times for
Away from home this Christmas
I HAVE reflected very much on diversity and the essential unity of our humanity in the past 24 four hours. Television images
Aliyu Gusau and the dynamics of security and politics
I have met General Aliyu Gusau Mohammed only once; and that was sometimes last year. He was an aspiring presidential candidate; one
Between governors and the Police: The corruption challenge
MANY people probably missed the story, especially the audacity of the challenge. But it led Blueprint newspaper of Wednesday, December 7th, 2011.
Troubling thoughts about Prof Ben Nwabueze’s ‘People’s Constitution’
THERE can be no gainsaying the fact that Prof.Nwabueze is one of our most distinguished academics; he regularly speaks out for what
Sanusi Lamido And The Senate: Brain Confronts Brawn
“By my upbringing, if I’m wrong, I don’t need to be told to come and say I’m wrong and I would apologise.
Now that we know the fuel subsidy beneficiaries
LAST week, the wind of nation-wide opposition to an unpopular agenda finally exposed the ugly hind place of Nigeria’s political (economic) fowl,
Prof. Alfred Opubor: My teacher, colleague and friend
I ARRIVED home in Kaduna last Sunday afternoon, when I received a mail from the Nigerian Community Radio Network, announcing that Professor
The delights of Katsina
I SPENT last weekend in Katsina which I have not visited in nine years. Katsina occupies an important place in the history