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
The mystifications of national security
LAST Sunday, Nigerian newspapers quoted Agency Reports, that the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) of Nigeria, in November 2013, signed
President Goodluck Jonathan’s fallouts from Chibok
“Statistics say Nigeria is the richest country in Africa, with an average annual per capita income of 1,200 pounds, great wealth in
Jigawa Television, London Railways, Nigerian Railways
I am writing these lines in my hotel room, somewhere in central London, on Tuesday night. I am visiting the British capital for
National conference 2014: The Diaspora vote debate
Despite my hope and preferred choices, I was made a member of the Political Parties and Electoral Matters Committee of the National
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
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