NBC and Nigeria’s digital broadcasting blackhole
Early this week, DAILY TRUST reported that Emeka Mba, the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) finally owned up that it was doubtful,
Senator Ahmed Yerima: Aso Villa prayer entrepreneur
There is a story from ZamfaraState that might well be apocryphal, but has remained enduring. During Ahmed Yerima’s governorship in Zamfara, the
Who is against democratic structures in the North-East?
ON Monday, April 21, 2014, LEADERSHIP newspaper’s lead story said that plans were afoot to suspend democratic structures in Adamawa, Borno and
Between President and Governors: A dip in the gutter.
LAST week, I argued that in moments of crisis, the political elite must unite the country, to ward off a nation endangering
Borno’s baggage of despair and hope
I MADE up my mind to write about political developments in Borno state, in the wake of the reported rapproachment between Governor
Re: Fulbe Nomads: From negative profiling to ethnic cleansing
LAST week on this page, I wrote about the unending negative profiling of the Fulbe nomads and the new and dangerous effort
National Conference, 2014: The politics of national security
In the best case scenario,countries rally together in moments of national crisis. They put aside superficial divisions; suspend deep-seated hostilities to create
Fulbe nomads: From negative profiling to ethnic cleansing
THE killing of innocent Fulbe nomads near Keana, Nasarawa state last week, by Nigerian soldiers, was an almost predictable tragedy. The Nigerian
National conference, 2014: Speaking to the presidential address
LAST Monday, it was my turn to respond to President Goodluck Jonathan’s address at the opening ceremony of the National Conference, 2014.
Do they really think in the PDP?
Last weekend, the PDP was in Bauchi to hold a North East regional rally. It was a roll call of the biggest names