President Muhammadu Buhari is now saying that the killings that have been going on especially across Benue, Taraba states, Southern and Northern, (Birnin Gwari) Kaduna in Kaduna State and Za... Read more
The mysterious disappearance of Nigerian journalist, Mr. Inalegwu Odeh, since January 2018 is taking a deeper turn. The campaign for his whereabouts has nearly gone dead and questions are be... Read more
So simple, yet so profound is the principle of Recall which allows the voters to withdraw their representative at anytime they discover that he or she no longer serves their interest or the... Read more
The recall of a Senator from the upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature by his constituency has failed. Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District in central Nigeria c... Read more
The labour roots of the editorial minders of the Abuja based The Worker positions the periodical in terms of the best possible coverage of the recent 40th anniversary of Nigeria’s central la... Read more
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
