BOKO HARAM | Intervention

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

Bingham University’s Conversation on Apology and Restorative Justice for Victims of Violent Extremism in Africa

Posted By: adminon: August 12, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: ABLC, Al-Shabaab, Apology, Bingham University, BOKO HARAM, California State University, ISWAP, National Defence College, Violent extremismNo CommentsViews:

This was the puzzle Bingham University summoned willing listeners and participants to a conversation on August 6th, 2026. It was obviously a priority conversation for the university, going b... Read more

Pitfalls of ‘Governed’ and ‘Ungoverned’ Spaces in Analysing Security in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 06, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: 2002 U.S. National Security Strategy, BOKO HARAM, Borno State, CORRUPTION, Neoliberal economic reforms, Post 9/11, Sovereignty, The Nigerian StateNo CommentsViews:

By Hussaini Abdu (Ph.D) “Governance … has been turned into a mad rush to empty the treasury for private use. This means the core business of governance has disappeared for decades, and the o... Read more

Brooklyn College BBOG Marks 10th Anniversary of Chibok Girls in New York

Posted By: adminon: April 13, 2024In: SpectacleTags: BOKO HARAM, Chibok girls, CUNYNo CommentsViews:

Memorialisation can be such a slippery act, especially if it has got to do with the abduction of the Chibok school girls and messy handling of it. If they are not memorialized, it would amou... Read more

An Open Letter to President Bola Tinubu on the President As His Own Minister for Education

Posted By: adminon: June 18, 2023In: BookspaceTags: ASUU, BOKO HARAM, Cadinal Onaiyekan, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dele Alake, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, General Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Ayo Olukotun, Prof Claude Ake, Senator George Akume, Umaru Yar’AduaNo CommentsViews:

Dear Mister President, Permit me, Mister President, to cut off the congratulations from this epistle. Apart from Cardinal Onaiyekan’s moratorium on that, (about which Senator George Akume ha... Read more

Did Buhari Shift the Centrepiece of Nigerian Foreign Policy from Africa to Niger Republic?

Posted By: adminon: June 04, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Benin Republic, BOKO HARAM, Democratisation of foreign policy, Eastern Security Network, ECOWAS, Niger Republic, President Bola Tinubu's foreign policy, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, SIRANo CommentsViews:

By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YUSUF On October 20th, 2022, the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) invited me to review a book, Continuity and Change in Nigeria’s Foreign Poli... Read more

The Break Up of Nigeria: Myths, Realities and Implications

Posted By: adminon: April 21, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Afenifere, Amalgamation, Anthony Enahoro, Arewa, Awo, Balewa, BOKO HARAM, Chief Gani Fawehinmim, General Yakubu Gowon, MASSOB, Northern oligarchy, Sardauna of Sokoto, ‘No Victor No Vanquished’1 CommentViews:

It is not clear why this analysis delivered on November 5th, 2014 as a Convocation Lecture at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria is being re-circulated now. As a more edu... Read more