Development Matrix
By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed Every generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, betray it or fulfil it – Frantz Fanon What is the Nigeria we want? How do we achieve it? Answerin... Read more
As has almost become usual, outsiders tend to have a better appreciation and narrative of big things coming out of Nigeria, much, much earlier than the Nigerians. Aside from Akin Adesokan wh... Read more
UPDATED It is popular geopolitics because an assemblage of transnational activists are using a platform of popular culture – The New York Times – to narrate leadership and governance in a pa... Read more
Nigeria is on its knees and everyone is screaming for a way out. Restructuring appears to have won but is restructuring problem free? The question makes hoarding this article to amount to de... Read more
The Zabarmari massacre in Borno State has been such a chilling and saddening reminder of where Nigeria has found itself that no glasses could have clicked or clicked at more than half mast m... Read more
Nigerians are still trying to make sense of the massacre of 43 rice farmers in Zabamari area in Borno State last Saturday. The first problem is the number involved. While 43 is what is large... Read more
It is one thing for the helmsmen of Veritas University, Abuja to proclaim the multi-religious nature of the university in spite of its Catholic ownership, it is another to demonstrate that.... Read more
By Chijioke Uwasomba, Ph.D This is not a time to play coy or quibble as the government of Muhammadu Buhari unleashes its arsenal on the university system in Nigeria. We have gone through thi... Read more
A deeply unfortunate emergency prevented Mallam Y. Z Ya’u from attending the Memorial Lecture for Dr Yima Sen Wednesday, November 11th, 2020. He was billed to speak for the pro-democracy com... Read more