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
There is considerable agreement in critical terrorism studies that terrorist groups hardly ever survive because they tend to self-destruct. Is that what might be happening to Nigeria’s Boko... Read more
By Aminu Habibu Jahun Modern citizenship evolved from the 18th century French and American revolutions, embedded with liberties unheard of under the absolute monarchs. Citizenship underscore... Read more
The received wisdom is that social horrors as much of the world is goin through today and especially in Nigeria trains its chroniclers. There is something surprising, therefore, that there d... Read more
Might the DSS have invited Dr Obadiah Mailafia for claiming that a governor of one of the northern states is a Boko Haram commander? A message to this effect is trending in the social media... 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
It is an odd combination in identity terms but they share a collective identity in doing something out of the rather routine, predictable, boring ways which has characterised every major fes... Read more
There is relief that the Dapchi girls are back, save the four that did not return but there is also a lot of thinking aloud that it was all a stunt, something stage managed. The question is... Read more
Might the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) have misconstrued opposition to mean holistic condemnation all the time rather than a case by case look at what the sitting government does? The Ah... Read more
The day another set of Chibok girls regain life and the Nigeria Police return to Ugbokolo in Benue State to confront rampaging gangsters is certainly the sort of day that one should listen a... Read more