By Tunde Akanni, PhD For my former colleague at Concord Press, now a young grandma, Patience Akpan, every child or grandchild of hers is her favourite. The scintillatingly beauteous and fash... Read more
An attempt to edit this text towards a shorter version failed. The entire 4000 words plus homily by His Lordship, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese at the Fu... Read more
There is no doubt about it that Nigeria’s Society for Peace Studies and Practice, (SPSP) is yet to establish itself in terms of what might be reckoned with as cutting-edge practices. Notwith... Read more
By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed From January 21st-24th, the World Economic Forum (WEF) met in Davos, marking and celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the meeting. Over 3000 big shots in international... Read more
Jigawa State has always had a volatile story of unregulated movement of herders. It came to a climax in 1995/6 when two District Heads lost their position after an inquiry by the military re... Read more
But for a scholar, it must be the equivalent of a suicide bid talking security at a time of insecurity nightmares in which even children are not spared, not to talk of women. Perhaps, it is... Read more
The first surprise on sighting this book on the bookshelf of Dr Fr Innocent Jooji of the Department of Political Science at Veritas University was in the idea of Prof Okpeh Okpeh coming of a... Read more
An alternative siren is wailing for the recovery of the North from its current heritage of violence based on conditions for that possibility that Honourable Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker of... Read more
Neither are the clouds over Nigeria’s insecurity crisis clearing nor do the key players on all fronts appear to think that the gamesmanship can go out of control. At a time of potentially ex... Read more
Plateau State of Nigeria is in an understandable search for peace. Since September 2001, Plateau State has been in conflict in a manner that transcends easy characterisation. Mostly, ethnici... Read more
