Governance | Intervention

Luanda AU Summit and Strengthening Conflict Prevention and Resolution Mechanisms in Africa

Posted By: adminon: August 30, 2026In: GovernanceTags: AGA, APSA, AU, CEWS, RECs/RMsNo CommentsViews:

By Chris Kwaja Background and Context: This policy paper is premised on the simple assumption that Africa does not lack peace and security institutions. It lacks sufficient political urgency... Read more

How Osun’s Electoral Geography Differs from Kwara State’s, Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 26, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Accord Party, APC, Kwara State, Osun State, PDPNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu The recently held Osun off-season gubernatorial election has dominated media space before and after 15 August. Commentators and analysts have since offered reflections on... Read more

From Borno to Borgu: A New Frontier of Insurgency in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Benin Republic, BOKO HARAM, Borgu, BORNO, Insurgent political economy, Kainji Lake National Park, Kebbi State, Kwara State, Lakurawa or the Mahmuda group, Multidimensional Poverty Index, Niger Republic, Niger StateNo CommentsViews:

By Hussaini Abdu, PhD On Friday, 21 August 2026, gunmen believed to be linked to Lakurawa or the Mahmuda group struck four communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State: Gbeji (G... Read more

Nigeria’s Gift of Popular Struggle: Omoyele Sowore and Quest for the Public Good

Posted By: adminon: August 23, 2026In: GovernanceTags: #RevolutionNow, AAC, Activists, Campaigners, Champions of, Corruption Comrades, insecurity, Journalism, popular struggle, Poverty, Reformers, Sahara Reporters, UnemploymentNo CommentsViews:

By Sanusi A S. Maikudi FNIM The intervention of Omoyele Sowore in the case of Maryam Shehu and one other the two Bayero university students detained for over a month close to the time of the... Read more

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Digital politics, Rosa Luxemburg, University of Abuja, Youth participation, ‘Not too young to run’No CommentsViews:

All hands, heads, eyes and ears are on deck because Nigeria is heading for a General Election early 2027. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLF) is no less concerned and involved but in a particula... Read more

Nigeria is Dying, Activists Fume

Posted By: adminon: July 28, 2026In: GovernanceTags: ASUU, CDC, COLA, Cuba, DONALD TRUMP, IMF, OAU Ile-Ife, Radical Historiography, World BankNo CommentsViews:

A concerned, angry but defiant ensemble of radical activists has declared Nigeria a dying entity. Speaker after speaker at the Second symposium marking the burial of Dr. Segun Samuel Osoba,... Read more

Dr. Otive Igbuzor’s Double Move on 40 Years of SAP in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 18, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Adewale Adebayo, Atiku Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan, IMF, Muhammadu Buhari, olusegun Obasanjo, Peter Obi, Reform, SAP, Shehu Shagari, The Washington Consensus, The World BankNo CommentsViews:

For sure, the Communique which emerged from the July 16th, 2026 Conference on 40 Years of SAP in Nigeria is now a collective effort but it had an agentian push. And the agency is none other... Read more

The Sinister Side of Oluremi Tinubu’s ‘Entrepreneurial Citizenship’

Posted By: adminon: July 08, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Akara, Entrepreneurial philanthropy, IMF, Informal economy, Kulikuli, Large-scale industrialisation, Poverty, Precarious informality, Sinister vocabulary, Small-scale entrepreneurshipNo CommentsViews:

By Moses E. Ochonu The recent rhetoric of micro-entrepreneurship advanced by Nigeria’s first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, harks back to longstanding assumptions about poverty in Africa whil... Read more

Plateau North Youth Coalition Gives Prof. Chris Kwaja’s Senatorial Ambition a Huge Boost

Posted By: adminon: May 17, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Academia, Civil society, National Assembly, Plateau North Senatorial District, Plateau StateNo CommentsViews:

The Senatorial ambition of Prof Chris Kwaja is getting a huge boost from a key center of power in Plateau North Senatorial District of Plateau State of Nigeria. The Youth Coalition in the ar... Read more

Time to End Motion Without Movement in Nigeria’s Security Sector

Posted By: adminon: May 14, 2026In: GovernanceTags: General Christopher G. Musa, Major General Adeyinka A. Famadewa (Rtd), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, ONSA, SMART, Special Adviser on Homeland SecurityNo CommentsViews:

By Sanusi A. S. Maikudi The recent appointment of Major General Adeyinka A. Famadewa (Rtd) as Special Adviser to the President on Homeland Security by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Ti... Read more