Prof Akin Mabogunje who just passed on this week was a man of many parts. It will be a big debate to determine which of his academic works is the most fascinating or grounded. But there was... Read more
“It is the current ASUU president, Dr. Ukachukwu Uwazie who asked the question Nigerians have not asked, which they should. That is: assuming you have a free and fair election, does that mea... Read more
Prof Lasse Thomassen, one of Europe’s rising stars in political theory, particularly in Deconstruction, offers in the piece below an incisive clinic on democracy at a time democracy is emitt... Read more
By Amb Usman Sarki I have nothing against competence but I am only suggesting that we should look at it more critically in order to place it at its right level of importance in determining t... Read more
The Economic Commission for Africa, (ECA) is out with its own formal tribute to one of Africa’s sharpest voice in development matters: the late Prof Thandika Mkandawire who passed on March 2... Read more
Like the sky, all eyes are on Nigeria’s ruling party – the All Progressives Congress, (APC). In the matter of its presidential candidate for the 2023 General Elections, the APC is, of course... Read more
It must be worthwhile, in the week in which the two dominant political parties in Nigeria are set to pick a presidential candidate, to recall what some seers in the matter of politics genera... Read more
By Amb Usman Sarki There might be no better time than today to remind ourselves of the wise words of the Philosopher, Edmund Burke when he wrote that, “Before men are put forward into the gr... Read more
Abuja based NGO, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC) is asking the Director-General of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to investigate a siege on its premi... Read more
By Ambassador Usman Sarki The Proposition: Politics is not just a game of numbers or a mere past time for seeking opportunities. Politics is essentially a matter that involves discernment an... Read more
