By Hussaini Abdu I remember how, in one of my trips to Kaiama with a group of friends a few years ago, at the early stages of the Boko Haram crisis. As we drove through the vast Borgu Game R... Read more
The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) promises an interesting encounter with the unpacking of the elections-democracy puzzle in Africa Friday, February 6th, 2026. That is wh... Read more
It seems safe to subscribe to the view that former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s share of good luck is inexhaustible. Or that his name is endlessly performative of what it invokes. In N... Read more
The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is mourning the loss of Mrs. Jedida Kalat Shamang. Although the burial arrangement indicates she died January 18th, 2026, it seems her ex-colleagues... Read more
There is nothing spectacular about her. Yet, there is something elusive about her, requiring more than breezy journalistic textuality. For now, however, nothing more than the breezy is possi... Read more
The Institute of Development Studies attached to the University of Sussex in the UK is not just another research centre. It is the leader, with a significance for Africa. In fact, gist merch... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja In any other clime, the induction of a leading civil society actor into traditional authority would be a high-profile event and a big media story. It is no surprise that the... Read more
Notable gender activist, Ene Ede is setting February 1st, 2026 aside to look back so as to look forward with greater vigour. Perhaps, the sense of triumph is inescapable after surviving a no... Read more
There is something paradoxical, on the face of it, for the Nigeria Police to be privileging its actorness in continental peace works when generalised insecurity is tearing Nigeria apart. Bu... Read more
It is one thing to hear as frequently as it occurs in recent years but a different thing to read that Nigeria, one’s own country, is living on borrowed time because it may not survive the 21... Read more
