Soldiers toppling civilian leaders across Africa was a very regular thing in the mid-1960s and thereafter. In the post Cold War, there was a thaw as popular interests took on military dictat... Read more
By Attahiru M. Jega, PhD, OFR Introduction In the past two decades, the nature and character democratization and elections leave much to be desired in the West African region and among the E... Read more
Nigeria, the self-understood ‘giant of Africa’ says it has no territorial ambition nor aspired to make Benin Republic or any other country for that matter a part of Nigeria. A Ministry of Fo... Read more
It has become a badge of some reference to be invited from Nigeria to utilize the Chatham House platform in London. Most politicians and intellectuals of statecraft who manage to get invited... Read more
Sierra Leone is set to announce its position on the decision of Francophone countries adopting the single West African currency, Eco. It will do this on January 16th, 2020 shortly after a me... Read more
Nigeria is speaking at last on what leading West African intellectuals believe to be French scripting of the region’s currency economics but which Ghana has somehow bought into. Dr Yusuf Ban... Read more
If there is any region where France, as a global power, is being reminded that this is, indeed, the era of a decentered world, it must be in Africa, particularly West Africa. It is understoo... Read more
In 2016 when the Buhari regime made search for oil in the Northern part of Nigeria a priority, Intervention asked selected experts whether Northern Nigeria need oil. In the two-part report t... Read more
The president of the UNGA cannot personalise the office and do whatever he wants in a rule and precedence saturated space such as the UN. But it is a very symbolic position and, in the age o... Read more
An incipient global coalition is reading what can be regarded as the riot act to land speculators and grabbers on that aspect of corruption across West Africa. Nearly a dozen country chapter... Read more
