Governance
It has been a week in which protests by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, aka Shiites; dramatic disappearance of the Mace at the Senate and row over presidential rhetoric on the youths occupi... Read more
By Yusuf Bangura* The balance of power in Sierra Leone’s parliament during the next five years suggests that crafting a stable majority for governance is likely to be tricky, if not messy. T... Read more
The March 2018 Presidential Run-off has come and gone but what was playing out and how did that happen? This is what this piece responds. The second part follows shortly. By Yusuf Bangura Th... Read more
Africa Confidential is a staple of the elite in Nigeria. In this April 6th, 2018 piece titled “Nigeria: Return of the Jagaban”, the magazine offers its own flavour to the struggle for power... Read more
A list of allegedly corrupt persons is circulating fast on the social media but without anyone claiming to have released it, raising a number of questions: Is it possible this was the origin... Read more
General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma is being interrogated in the Nigerian media following his allegation of collusion between the Nigerian military and bandits stalking the country at the maid... Read more
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, spoke himself into the sensitivity radar of the Nigerian military during the week and got a reply: count the military out of any conspiracy against c... Read more
Is it possible that the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Service, aka BBC would be relocating to Nigeria from the London base of the BBC World Service? This is the hint Intervention... Read more
As the largest selection and recruitment of technocrats into government, next Tuesday’s induction of members and chairmen/women of Federal Government boards of entities is a verysignificant... Read more
By Dr Umar Ardo The Anti-corruption summit organized by the Adamawa State Government on Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 in Yola was a ruse. It is not that I condemn the idea of an anti corrupti... Read more
