Jigawa State has always had a volatile story of unregulated movement of herders. It came to a climax in 1995/6 when two District Heads lost their position after an inquiry by the military re... Read more
The triggers came in quick succession. The Number One citizen himself said he is shocked by rising insecurity. The Number Three said security situation has deteriorated. A Senator then says... Read more
Nigeria’s share of unspeakable, humiliating horrors wears a gender face although ethno-regional representation of the entire crisis has drowned the gender perspective. But the more chilling... Read more
The story in the conferment of a doctorate degree on him is not just the fact of that PhD. The story is the topic he researched, something many prospective PhD students would not touch with... Read more
Inclusion and its impacts on security and development is the theme of the 2020 Annual Conference of the Social Science Academy of Nigeria, (SSAN). Scheduled for June 2020 in Abuja, the confe... Read more
For now, the tussle for presidential powers which played out last February is officially over following the pronouncement of the Supreme Court that the Appeal by Atiku Abubakar, the People’s... Read more
A new policy brief that counter-insurgency operatives in East and West Africa in particular might want to look at has emerged. Published July 24th, 2019 by the Pretoria based Institute of Se... Read more
The humiliating story of abduction of over 200 school girls from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State of Nigeria in April 2014 without any firefight or hot pursuit by any Nigerian secur... Read more
By Alkasum Abba, History Department, ABU, Zaria Introduction When the former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan published a personal account of his stewardship, covering the... Read more
Senator John McCain, two time contender for the American presidency, is dead. The news is already everywhere. Localising his death compels attention to a remark he once made that borders on... Read more
