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 Herskovits, Azazi and Jonathan
LAST week, I expressed worry about the simplistic acceptance of ‘Boko Haram’ complicity for the bombings around the country. I had argued
Emergency, fuel subsidy and resistance: Before meets after
I was trapped in the interface between hope and despair on New Year’s eve. I am in London, after spending the Christmas
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
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
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,
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
President Jonathan’s flight of Pharaoh-like vindictiveness
You hold the keys of heaven and hell. Power to bind and loose: bind, Thomas, bind, King and bishop under your heel.