Insecurity in the Sahel will be the subject of interrogation at a May 13th, 2019 conversation at Chatham House, London. It is not clear if the ‘Chatham House Rule’ would apply where other or... Read more
The humiliating story of abduction of over 200 school girls from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State of Nigeria in April 2014 without any firefight or hot pursuit by any Nigerian secur... Read more
In the aftermath of the Cold War, a leading European scholar of International Relations asked students and teachers of the discipline to imagine what the structure of the discipline would lo... Read more
Yesterday, it was Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, two time president of Nigeria and one of the most prominent African ‘big men’ that this platform reported his appearance decked in a th... Read more
Although the police authorities have assured of investigating the matter, especially the policemen who allegedly demanded sex and had their way using empty sachets of water in place of condo... Read more
It must be an evidence of the many sidedness of the Obasanjo persona. Contrary to his earlier view that he did not accept that being decked in Western suit, for instance, is a mark of being... Read more
There is a show of solidarity from Nigeria with the emergence of Prof Tijjani Bande as the President of the United Nations General Assembly, (UNGA). Bandeh, a professor of Political Science... Read more
All eyes are on the Northern elite again. Provoked this time by the generalized insecurity that has seized the country, the representational turbulence has seen pundits, critics and sundry a... Read more
By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed* It is understandable that there are calls for reforming the electoral system in Nigeria. The mood of the nation in the aftermath of the recent General Election makes... Read more
The intelligentsia is any society’s barometer through their framing of what is happening and what such frames imply. The intelligentsia may not be a homogeneous entity but they are distingui... Read more
